CVE-2015-0973
HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-0981)
- Published
- January 18, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-0981 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on June 9, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- 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
- 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
- oracle / solaris
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
- Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62725(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/33173461/(Third Party Advisory)
- http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/1(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/3(Exploit)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0005/
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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