High 7.1Published Feb 20, 2009

CVE-2008-6218Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a craft…

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Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libpng libpng libpng:libpng	1.2.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.1; and 193 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32418	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34265
http://secunia.com/advisories/34320
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=635463&group_id=5624	patch
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=635837	patch
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133
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