# CVE-2010-2249: Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory cons

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-06-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

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## References

- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=90cfcecc09febb8d6c8c1d37ea7bb7cf0f4b00f3#patch20
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40472
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608644
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40302
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40336
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41574
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.html

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