CVE-2006-7244
Memory leak in pngwutil.c in libpng 1.2.13beta1, and other versions before 1.2.15beta3, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak or segmentation fault) via a JPEG image containing an iCCP chunk with a negative…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in pngwutil.c in libpng 1.2.13beta1, and other versions before 1.2.15beta3, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak or segmentation fault) via a JPEG image containing an iCCP chunk with a negative embedded profile length.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.24% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- libpng/libpng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6Patch
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/159216?id=159216Patch
- http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6Patch
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/159216?id=159216Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.