[Secure-testing-team] Bug#807694: libpng: CVE-2015-8540: read underflow in libpng

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libpng
Version: 1.2.44-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream
Forwarded: http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libpng.

CVE-2015-8540[0]:
underflow read in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8540
[1] http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/
[2] http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/d9006f683c641793252d92254a75ae9b815b42ed/

Regards,
Salvatore