CVE-2010-1205

Name: CVE-2010-1205
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2010-06-30T18:30:01.333+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10EPSS 43.38%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-1205 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.. EPSS estimates a 43.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional data row.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

9.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability

43.38%

98.6th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Update
Libpng	Libpng	< 1.2.44	—
Libpng	Libpng	>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3	—
Google	Chrome	< 5.0.375.99	—
Apple	Itunes	< 10.2	—
Apple	Safari	< 5.0.4	—
Apple	Iphone Os	>= 2.0, <= 4.1	—
Apple	Mac Os X	>= 10.6.0, < 10.6.4	—
Apple	Mac Os X Server	>= 10.6.0, < 10.6.4	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	12	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	13	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.1	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.2	—
Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	9	—
Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	10	Sp3
Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	11	—
Vmware	Player	>= 2.5, < 2.5.5	—
Vmware	Player	>= 3.1, < 3.1.2	—
Vmware	Workstation	>= 6.5.0, < 6.5.5	—
Vmware	Workstation	>= 7.1, < 7.1.2	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	6.06	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	8.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	9.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	9.10	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	10.04	—
Debian	Debian Linux	5.0	—
Mozilla	Firefox	< 3.5.11	—
Mozilla	Firefox	>= 3.5.12, < 3.6.7	—
Mozilla	Seamonkey	< 2.0.6	—
Mozilla	Thunderbird	< 3.0.6	—
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= 3.0.7, < 3.1.1	—

References

http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244Broken Link
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=188eb6b42602bf7d7ae708a21897923b6a83fe7c#patch18
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40302Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40336Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40472Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40547Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317Broken Link
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566Broken Link
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/61816Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072Third Party Advisory
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.htmlProduct, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-41.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046Broken Link
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40798Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=570451Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608238Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59815Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11851Third Party Advisory
http://blackberry.com/btsc/KB27244Broken Link
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=45983Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=188eb6b42602bf7d7ae708a21897923b6a83fe7c#patch18
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044283.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044397.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000105.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40302Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40336Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40472Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40547Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/41574Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317Broken Link
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.613061Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566Broken Link
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/61816Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2072Third Party Advisory
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.htmlProduct, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:133Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-41.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-960-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0014.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1612Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1637Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1755Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1837Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1846Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1877Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2491Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046Broken Link
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40798Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=570451Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608238Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59815Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11851Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 30, 2010
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2010-1205?

How severe is CVE-2010-1205?

CVE-2010-1205 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 43.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1205?

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