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CVE-2004-0421

The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)

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 · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.03307
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libpngall versions
openpkgall versions
redhat libpngall versions

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
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AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD18 Aug 2004 · 04:00 AM

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10050-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10184-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:1105Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2004:180Important
rhsaRHSA-2004:181Important
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