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CVE-2004-0421: libpng Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2004:180DSA-498
Published 05-05-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0421 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in libpng. EPSS estimates a 4.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.11%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-05-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.11% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.11%

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

Affected systems

Redhat9 products
Debian2 products
  • libpng< 1.0.12-3.woody.5
  • libpng3< 1.2.1-1.1.woody.5
Libpng1 product
  • libpng1.0.0 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.0.10 | 1.0.11 | 1.0.12 | 1.0.13 | 1.0.14 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5
Openpkg1 product
Trustix1 product

5 vendors · 14 products

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