VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-0408

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

pngrtran.c in libpng 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references