png_handle_sPLT(png_structp png_ptr, png_infop info_ptr, png_uint_32 length)
/* Note: this does not properly handle chunks that are > 64K under DOS */
{
   png_bytep entry_start;
   png_sPLT_t new_palette;
#ifdef PNG_POINTER_INDEXING_SUPPORTED
   png_sPLT_entryp pp;
#endif
   int data_length, entry_size, i;
   png_uint_32 skip = 0;
   png_size_t slength;

   png_debug(1, "in png_handle_sPLT");

#ifdef PNG_USER_LIMITS_SUPPORTED

   if (png_ptr->user_chunk_cache_max != 0)
   {
      if (png_ptr->user_chunk_cache_max == 1)
      {
         png_crc_finish(png_ptr, length);
         return;
      }
      if (--png_ptr->user_chunk_cache_max == 1)
      {
         png_warning(png_ptr, "No space in chunk cache for sPLT");
         png_crc_finish(png_ptr, length);
         return;
      }
   }
#endif

   if (!(png_ptr->mode & PNG_HAVE_IHDR))
      png_error(png_ptr, "Missing IHDR before sPLT");
   else if (png_ptr->mode & PNG_HAVE_IDAT)
   {
      png_warning(png_ptr, "Invalid sPLT after IDAT");
      png_crc_finish(png_ptr, length);
      return;
   }

#ifdef PNG_MAX_MALLOC_64K
   if (length > (png_uint_32)65535L)
   {
      png_warning(png_ptr, "sPLT chunk too large to fit in memory");
      skip = length - (png_uint_32)65535L;
      length = (png_uint_32)65535L;
   }
#endif

   png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->chunkdata);
   png_ptr->chunkdata = (png_charp)png_malloc(png_ptr, length + 1);
   slength = (png_size_t)length;
   png_crc_read(png_ptr, (png_bytep)png_ptr->chunkdata, slength);

   if (png_crc_finish(png_ptr, skip))
   {
      png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->chunkdata);
      png_ptr->chunkdata = NULL;
      return;
   }

   png_ptr->chunkdata[slength] = 0x00;

   for (entry_start = (png_bytep)png_ptr->chunkdata; *entry_start;
       entry_start++)
      /* Empty loop to find end of name */ ;
   ++entry_start;

   /* A sample depth should follow the separator, and we should be on it  */
   if (entry_start > (png_bytep)png_ptr->chunkdata + slength - 2)
   {
      png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->chunkdata);
      png_ptr->chunkdata = NULL;
      png_warning(png_ptr, "malformed sPLT chunk");
      return;
   }

   new_palette.depth = *entry_start++;
   entry_size = (new_palette.depth == 8 ? 6 : 10);
   data_length = (slength - (entry_start - (png_bytep)png_ptr->chunkdata));

   /* Integrity-check the data length */
   if (data_length % entry_size)
   {
      png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->chunkdata);
      png_ptr->chunkdata = NULL;
      png_warning(png_ptr, "sPLT chunk has bad length");
      return;
   }

   new_palette.nentries = (png_int_32) ( data_length / entry_size);
   if ((png_uint_32) new_palette.nentries >
       (png_uint_32) (PNG_SIZE_MAX / png_sizeof(png_sPLT_entry)))
   {
       png_warning(png_ptr, "sPLT chunk too long");
       return;
   }
   new_palette.entries = (png_sPLT_entryp)png_malloc_warn(
       png_ptr, new_palette.nentries * png_sizeof(png_sPLT_entry));
   if (new_palette.entries == NULL)
   {
       png_warning(png_ptr, "sPLT chunk requires too much memory");
       return;
   }

#ifdef PNG_POINTER_INDEXING_SUPPORTED
   for (i = 0; i < new_palette.nentries; i++)
   {
      pp = new_palette.entries + i;

      if (new_palette.depth == 8)
      {
          pp->red = *entry_start++;
          pp->green = *entry_start++;
          pp->blue = *entry_start++;
          pp->alpha = *entry_start++;
      }
      else
      {
          pp->red   = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
          pp->green = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
          pp->blue  = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
          pp->alpha = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
      }
      pp->frequency = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
   }
#else
   pp = new_palette.entries;
   for (i = 0; i < new_palette.nentries; i++)
   {

      if (new_palette.depth == 8)
      {
          pp[i].red   = *entry_start++;
          pp[i].green = *entry_start++;
          pp[i].blue  = *entry_start++;
          pp[i].alpha = *entry_start++;
      }
      else
      {
          pp[i].red   = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
          pp[i].green = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
          pp[i].blue  = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
          pp[i].alpha = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
      }
      pp->frequency = png_get_uint_16(entry_start); entry_start += 2;
   }
#endif

   /* Discard all chunk data except the name and stash that */
   new_palette.name = png_ptr->chunkdata;

   png_set_sPLT(png_ptr, info_ptr, &new_palette, 1);

   png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->chunkdata);
   png_ptr->chunkdata = NULL;
   png_free(png_ptr, new_palette.entries);
}

This weakness involves numeric computation errors, such as integer overflows, underflows, or precision losses, which can lead to miscalculations and exploitable behaviors in software.