CVE-2015-8472
libpng - security update
7.3
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.1%
Description
Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.
How to fix CVE-2015-8472
To remediate CVE-2015-8472, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.2.49-1+deb7u2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.20-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-8472 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.2.49-1+deb7u2
- from 0, < 1.6.20-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |