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CVE-2015-0973
Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.
Timeline
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By certcc
- 8 days later
· 8 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 9.1% of all CVEs (10 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [png-mng-announce] 20141222 libpng-1.5.21 and 1.6.16 are available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150109 Re: CVE Request: libpng 1.6.15 Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150110 Re: CVE Request: libpng 1.6.15 Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 62725 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_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-2015-0981 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-0973)Record last updated .