CVE-2015-0973 (GCVE-0-2015-0973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-18 18:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:25
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-09 15:25 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-12-18 00:00
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              "tags": [
                "mailing-list"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/3"
            },
            {
              "name": "62725",
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              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/62725"
            },
            {
              "url": "http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt"
            },
            {
              "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0005/"
            }
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        "assignerShortName": "certcc",
        "cveId": "CVE-2015-0973",
        "datePublished": "2015-01-18T18:00:00.000Z",
        "dateReserved": "2015-01-10T00:00:00.000Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2025-06-09T15:25:54.990Z",
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}



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