Is CVE-2011-2690 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-2690 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-2690?

CVE-2011-2690 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2011-2690

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 3.3% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-2671)
Published: July 17, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2671 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
libpng / libpng

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45046(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45405(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45415(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45460(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45461(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45492(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html(Product, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720607(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68538(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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