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CVE-2015-7981
The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.64, 1.2.x before 1.2.54, and 1.4.x before 1.4.17 allows remote…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 6.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.64, 1.2.x before 1.2.54, and 1.4.x before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 77304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151026 CVE Requests for read out of bound in libpng (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.64/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-ec2ddd15d7 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201611-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151026 Re: CVE Requests for read out of bound in libpng (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-501493d853 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.54/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-1d87313b7c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-3399 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:2595 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.17/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1034393 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/241/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2815-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:2594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2015-7878 (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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