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CVE-2013-6954
The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 4.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.
Timeline
ID reserved
By certcc
- 39 days later
· 39 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0414 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201406-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-1803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- HPSBUX03091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#650142 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0413 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 59058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX03092 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 64493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 58974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-1754 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-1770 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-1778 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-1766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-6755 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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