Vulnerability identifier: #VU44186

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3045

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Google Chrome
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers

Vendor: Google

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Chrome: 17.0.963.0 - 17.0.963.82

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

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.