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CVE-2004-0597

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

High10.0EPSS 81.9%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By mitre

  2. · 43 days later

    Published

  3. · 20 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2004-0597, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0High10.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
81.9% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

  • n/a

Affected products

  • n/a

    • affected n/a

References (41)

Sources

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