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CVE-2002-0728: greg_roelofs libpng

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 26-07-2002Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-0728 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in greg_roelofs libpng. EPSS estimates a 2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-140

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.09% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Greg_roelofs1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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