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CVE-2016-5735

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the rwpng_read_image24_libpng function in rwpng.c in pngquant 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted PNG file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Pngquant: 2.7.0

References

• http://sf.snu.ac.kr/gil.hur/publications/shovel.pdf
• https://github.com/pornel/pngquant/commit/b7c217680cda02dddced245d237ebe8c383be285
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00028.html
• http://sf.snu.ac.kr/gil.hur/publications/shovel.pdf
• https://github.com/pornel/pngquant/commit/b7c217680cda02dddced245d237ebe8c383be285
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00028.html

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