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CVE-2010-2249

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD

Memory leak in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.44, and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a PNG image containing malformed Physical Scale (aka sCAL) chunks.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-401
EPSS score
2.6% (85th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2010-2261)
Published
June 30, 2010
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2261 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • apple / iphone os
  • apple / itunes
  • apple / safari
  • apple / tvos
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • debian / debian linux
  • fedoraproject / fedora
  • fedoraproject / fedora
  • libpng / libpng
  • opensuse / opensuse
  • opensuse / opensuse
  • suse / linux enterprise server
  • suse / linux enterprise server
  • suse / linux enterprise server
  • suse / linux enterprise server
  • vmware / player
  • vmware / workstation

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

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

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CVE-2010-2249: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.5)