CVE-2015-0973

libpng: Heap-buffer overflow png_combine_row() with very wide interlaced images

Published Jan 18, 2015 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 4.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0981 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-120
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
certcc
Published
Updated
Jun 9, 2025, 3:25 PM
Reserved
Jan 10, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 18, 2015, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:21 AM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Dec 22, 2014, 12:00 AM