CVE-2011-3048
The png_set_text_2 function in pngset.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.59, 1.2.x before 1.2.49, 1.4.x before 1.4.11, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted text chunk in a PNG image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure that is not properly handled, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.5% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3016)
- Published
- May 29, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3016 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077007.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077043.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077472.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077819.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079039.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0523.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48587(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48644(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48665(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48721(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48983(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49660
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1417-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2446
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.5.10-README.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:046
- http://www.osvdb.org/80822
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52830
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026879
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74494
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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