CVE-2014-9495

libpng: buffer overflow in png_combine_row

Published Jan 10, 2015 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 4.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit systems, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "very wide interlaced" PNG image.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9312 Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit systems, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "very wide interlaced" PNG image.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-122
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jun 9, 2025, 3:16 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 10, 2015, 7:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:18 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 22, 2014, 12:00 AM