Denial of Service Vulnerability in libpng's png_push_read_chunk Function

CVE-2014-0333 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The png_push_read_chunk function in pngpread.c in the progressive decoder in libpng 1.6.x through 1.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an IDAT chunk with a length of zero.

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