CVE-2015-0973

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.11.3
pnggroup libpng: through 1.5.20; 1.6.0, 1.6.0-beta, 1.6.1, 1.6.1-beta, 1.6.2, 1.6.2-beta (+23)
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.2

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62725
http://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/33173461/
http://tfpwn.com/files/libpng_heap_overflow_1.6.15.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/10/3
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0005/
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62725
http://sourceforge.net/p/png-mng/mailman/message/33173461/

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