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CVE-2014-9495
Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit…
High8.8EPSS 4.1%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit systems, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "very wide interlaced" PNG image.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20150103 Re: CVE Request: libpng 1.6.15 Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 71820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [png-mng-announce] 20141222 libpng-1.5.21 and 1.6.16 are available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150109 Re: CVE Request: libpng 1.6.15 Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150110 Re: CVE Request: libpng 1.6.15 Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [png-mng-implement] 20141221 Re: libpng-1.5.21rc02 and 1.6.16rc02 are available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1031444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 62725 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- 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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