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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2004-0421

The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 4.11%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
4.11% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
libpng/libpng · openpkg/openpkg · redhat/libpng · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · trustix/secure linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.