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CVE-2015-7801

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in OptiPNG 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
• Optipng Project Optipng: through 0.6.4

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/16/1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264015
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/16/1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264015

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