How severe is CVE-2008-5907?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 5 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2008-5907?

This is classified as NVD-CWE-Other, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2008-5907 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 5

Vulnerability Description

The png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng before 1.0.42, and 1.2.x before 1.2.34, might allow context-dependent attackers to set the value of an arbitrary memory location to zero via vectors involving creation of crafted PNG files with keywords, related to an implicit cast of the '\0' character constant to a NULL pointer. NOTE: some sources incorrectly report this as a double free vulnerability.

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