Is CVE-2009-5063 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-5063 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-5063?

CVE-2009-5063 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-5063

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD

Memory leak in the embedded_profile_len function in pngwutil.c in libpng before 1.2.39beta5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak or segmentation fault) via a JPEG image containing an iCCP chunk with a negative embedded profile length. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-7244.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-401
EPSS score: 1.5% (74th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-5019)
Published: August 31, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-5019 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

libpng / libpng
libpng / libpng
libpng / libpng
libpng / libpng
libpng / libpng
libpng / libpng

References

http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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