Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201701-2 ========================================= Severity: Low Date : 2017-01-01 CVE-ID : CVE-2016-10087 Package : libpng Type : denial of service Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-119 Summary ======= The package libpng before version 1.6.27-1 is vulnerable to denial of service. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 1.6.27-1. # pacman -Syu "libpng>=1.6.27-1" The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.6.27. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== A NULL-pointer dereference issue has been found in png_set_text_2() in libpng <= 1.6.26 and >= 0.71. To be vulnerable, an application has to load a text chunk into the png structure, then delete all text, then add another text chunk to the same png structure. Impact ====== A remote attacker is able to crash the application under certain circumstances. References ========== http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/782 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-10087