{"id":"CVE-2006-7244","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-7244","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:42.966Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2011-08-31T23:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:34:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["libpng/libpng"],"epss":{"score":0.01239,"percentile":0.68948,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/159216?id=159216","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=948ee23a2a400672b1751cfc646a7467741e9b2e#patch18","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/22/7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/28/6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/159216?id=159216","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7244","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}