CVE-2009-0040

Name: CVE-2009-0040
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2009-02-22T22:30:00.203+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 4.83%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-0040 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.. EPSS estimates a 4.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

The PNG reference library (aka libpng) before 1.0.43, and 1.2.x before 1.2.35, as used in pngcrush and other applications, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer in (1) the png_read_png function, (2) pCAL chunk handling, or (3) setup of 16-bit gamma tables.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

4.83%

90.9th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-824

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Update
Libpng	Libpng	< 1.0.43	—
Libpng	Libpng	>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.35	—
Apple	Iphone Os	< 3.0	—
Apple	Mac Os X	< 10.5.8	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	10.3	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.0	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.1	—
Suse	Linux Enterprise	9.0	—
Suse	Linux Enterprise	10.0	—
Suse	Linux Enterprise Desktop	10	Sp2
Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	10	Sp2
Debian	Debian Linux	4.0	—
Debian	Debian Linux	5.0	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	9	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	10	—

References

ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txtBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txtProduct
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00002.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.htmlMailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.htmlBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33970Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33976Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34137Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34140Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34143Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34145Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34152Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34210Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34265Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34272Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34320Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34324Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34462Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34464Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35258Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.405420Mailing List
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.433952Mailing List
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0902181726i200f4bf0n20d919473ec409b7%40mail.gmail.comBroken Link
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1689&release_id=662441Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-069.htmBroken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htmBroken Link
http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.documentID=366362&temp.productID=154235&temp.releaseID=361845&temp.bucketID=126655&PAGE=DocumentBroken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830Mailing List
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649212Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:075Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:083Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0325.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0340.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501767/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33827Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33990Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0469Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0473Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0632Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48819Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10316Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6458Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.htmlMailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00412.htmlMailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00769.htmlMailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00771.htmlMailing List
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txtBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txtProduct
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlMailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00002.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00009.htmlMailing List
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.htmlBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33970Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33976Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34137Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34140Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34143Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34145Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34152Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34210Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34265Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34272Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34320Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34324Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34462Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34464Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35258Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35302Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35386Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.405420Mailing List
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.433952Mailing List
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=e56ccc8f0902181726i200f4bf0n20d919473ec409b7%40mail.gmail.comBroken Link
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=1689&release_id=662441Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-069.htmBroken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htmBroken Link
http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.documentID=366362&temp.productID=154235&temp.releaseID=361845&temp.bucketID=126655&PAGE=DocumentBroken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0046Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750Mailing List
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830Mailing List
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649212Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:075Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:083Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0325.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0333.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0340.htmlBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501767/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503912/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33827Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33990Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0007.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0469Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0473Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0632Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1451Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48819Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10316Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6458Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00272.htmlMailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00412.htmlMailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00769.htmlMailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00771.htmlMailing List

Timeline

Published: Feb 22, 2009
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2009-0040?

How severe is CVE-2009-0040?

Severity scoring for CVE-2009-0040 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 4.83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0040?

Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST