CVE-2013-6954
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 4.7%EU EUVD
The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.
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-476
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6755)
- Published
- January 12, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6755 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on June 10, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
- libpng / libpng
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c(Exploit, Patch)
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/(Patch)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142(US Government Resource)
- http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561
- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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