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CVE-2010-2249

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote...

6.5 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.63%Down 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

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.

Record
CVE-2010-2249
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-401
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2010-2249
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2261 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2010-2261
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2r3r-854p-xjfr 6.5

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote...

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.

Record
GHSA-2r3r-854p-xjfr
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-401
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-40809 6.5

CVE-2010-2249 affecting package syslinux for versions less than libpng-1.2.44

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.

Record
AZL-40809
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-43960 6.5

CVE-2010-2249 affecting package libpng12 1.2.57-16

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.

Record
AZL-43960
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-44709 6.5

CVE-2010-2249 affecting package libpng12 1.2.57-16

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.

Record
AZL-44709
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

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.

Record
CVE-2010-2249
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2249 6.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2249
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
syslinux
Azure Linux:3
 before libpng-1.2.44
libpng-1.2.44
libpng12
Azure Linux:2
 through 1.2.57-16 None known
libpng12
Azure Linux:3
 through 1.2.57-16 None known
tuxonice-userui
Debian:12
 before 1.0-1, plus listed versions
0.7.2+clean-30.7.2+clean-40.7.3-1
1.0-1
libpng
Debian:5.0
 before 1.2.27-2+lenny4, plus listed versions
1.2.27-21.2.27-2+lenny21.2.27-2+lenny3
1.2.27-2+lenny4
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 2:1.2.2-30
2:1.2.2-30
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:1.0.13-21
0:1.0.13-21
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
2:1.2.7-3.el4_8.3
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
0:1.0.16-3.el4_8.4
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_5.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-2249 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Libpng, published June 30, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.63%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in syslinux libpng-1.2.44.

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