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Synthesis of the vulnerability 
An attacker can generate a buffer overflow via png_do_expand() of libpng, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
 Impacted products: libpng, XnView.
Severity of this bulletin: 2/4.
Creation date: 16/03/2017.
Références of this threat: VIGILANCE-VUL-22161.
Description of the vulnerability 
An attacker can generate a buffer overflow via png_do_expand() of libpng, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
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This threat impacts software or systems such as libpng, XnView.
Our Vigil@nce team determined that the severity of this computer threat is medium.
The trust level is of type confirmed by the editor, with an origin of document.
An attacker with a expert ability can exploit this cybersecurity bulletin.
Solutions for this threat 
libpng: version 1.6.29.
The version 1.6.29 is fixed:
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng16/
http://libpng.sf.net
libpng: version 1.5.29.
The version 1.5.29 is fixed:
https://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/libpng/src/
ftp://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/libpng/src/
http://libpng.download/src/
http://libpng.sf.net
XnView: version 2.40.
The version 2.40 is fixed:
http://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads
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