CVE-2015-0973
HIGH8.8EPSS 2.0%Published: 1/18/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0973
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libpng1.6from 0, < 1.6.16-1
- Debian/texlive-binfrom 0, < 2014.20140926.35254-6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |