Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2011-3045 is a libpng image-parsing flaw. A malicious PNG could crash an application and may allow code execution in software that uses vulnerable libpng, including older Chrome releases. Business risk depends on where untrusted PNG files are opened, uploaded, scanned, or rendered. Exposure is most likely in legacy systems, embedded products, image processing pipelines, Linux distributions, and browsers that bundle or link vulnerable libpng. The supplied affected-product data is incomplete, so inventory should focus on libpng versions and vendor backports rather than product names alone. Treat this as a high-priority legacy exposure issue. It is old, but the impact can be severe where vulnerable image parsers remain reachable. Focus remediation on internet-facing upload workflows, document/image processing services, and unmanaged endpoints running outdated browser or OS packages. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor security updates for libpng or dependent packages.; Upgrade Chrome installations older than 17.0.963.83.; Check vendor advisories for backported fixes before relying on upstream version strings..
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14763CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799000CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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