Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201701-4 ========================================= Severity: Low Date : 2017-01-02 CVE-ID : CVE-2016-10087 Package : libpng12 Type : denial of service Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-122 Summary ======= The package libpng12 before version 1.2.57-1 is vulnerable to denial of service. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 1.2.57-1. # pacman -Syu "libpng12>=1.2.57-1" The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.2.57. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== A NULL-pointer dereference issue has been found in png_set_text_2() in libpng. 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