# CVE-2011-3045: Integer signedness error in the png\_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.8

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-03-22 · Updated: 2025-06-09

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Integer signedness error in the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026.

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075981.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49660
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0407.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:033
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075424.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2439
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075619.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48320
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=125311
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076461.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075987.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00000.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14763
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799000
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48485
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html
- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a8c319a2b281af68f7ca0e2f9a28ca57b44ceb2b
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48554
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00051.html
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=116162
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026823
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076731.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48512

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