VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-6218
CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability2.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-02-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.