7.1

CVE-2008-6218: libpng Resource Management Errors

Modified
Published 20-02-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-6218 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in libpng. EPSS estimates a 2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1750-1

Timeline

  1. 20-02-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory leak in the png_handle_tEXt function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.33 rc02 and 1.4.0 beta36 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted PNG file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.31% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Libpng1 product
  • libpng1.2.0 | 1.2.0:beta1 | 1.2.0:beta2 | 1.2.0:beta3 | 1.2.0:beta4 | 1.2.0:beta5 | 1.2.0:rc1 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.1:beta1 | 1.2.1:beta2 | 1.2.1:beta3 | 1.2.1:beta4 | 1.2.1:rc1 | 1.2.1:rc2 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.2:beta1 | 1.2.2:beta2 | 1.2.2:beta3 | 1.2.2:beta4 | 1.2.2:beta5 | 1.2.2:beta6 | 1.2.2:rc1 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.3:rc1 | 1.2.3:rc2 | 1.2.3:rc3 | 1.2.3:rc4 | 1.2.3:rc5 | 1.2.3:rc6 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.4:beta1 | 1.2.4:beta2 | 1.2.4:beta3 | 1.2.4:rc1 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.5:beta1 | 1.2.5:beta2 | 1.2.5:beta3 | 1.2.5:rc1 | 1.2.5:rc2 | 1.2.5:rc3 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.6:beta1 | 1.2.6:beta2 | 1.2.6:beta3 | 1.2.6:beta4 | 1.2.6:rc1 | 1.2.6:rc2 | 1.2.6:rc3 | 1.2.6:rc4 | 1.2.6:rc5 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.7:beta1 | 1.2.7:beta2 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.8:beta1 | 1.2.8:beta2 | 1.2.8:beta3 | 1.2.8:beta4 | 1.2.8:beta5 | 1.2.8:rc1 | 1.2.8:rc2 | 1.2.8:rc3 | 1.2.8:rc4 | 1.2.8:rc5 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.9:beta1 | 1.2.9:beta10 | 1.2.9:beta2 | 1.2.9:beta3 | 1.2.9:beta4 | 1.2.9:beta5 | 1.2.9:beta6 | 1.2.9:beta7 | 1.2.9:beta8 | 1.2.9:beta9 | 1.2.9:rc1 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.10:beta1 | 1.2.10:beta2 | 1.2.10:beta3 | 1.2.10:beta4 | 1.2.10:beta5 | 1.2.10:beta6 | 1.2.10:beta7 | 1.2.10:rc1 | 1.2.10:rc2 | 1.2.10:rc3 | 1.2.11 | 1.2.11:beta1 | 1.2.11:beta2 | 1.2.11:beta3 | 1.2.11:beta4 | 1.2.11:rc1 | 1.2.11:rc2 | 1.2.11:rc3 | 1.2.11:rc5 | 1.2.13 | 1.2.13:beta1 | 1.2.13:rc1 | 1.2.13:rc2 | 1.2.14 | 1.2.14:beta1 | 1.2.14:beta2 | 1.2.14:rc1 | 1.2.15 | 1.2.15:beta1 | 1.2.15:beta2 | 1.2.15:beta3 | 1.2.15:beta4 | 1.2.15:beta5 | 1.2.15:beta6 | 1.2.15:rc1 | 1.2.15:rc2 | 1.2.15:rc3 | 1.2.15:rc4 | 1.2.15:rc5 | 1.2.16 | 1.2.16:beta1 | 1.2.16:beta2 | 1.2.16:rc1 | 1.2.17 | 1.2.17:beta1 | 1.2.17:beta2 | 1.2.17:rc1 | 1.2.17:rc2 | 1.2.17:rc3 | 1.2.17:rc4 | 1.2.18 | 1.2.19 | 1.2.19:beta1 | 1.2.19:beta10 | 1.2.19:beta11 | 1.2.19:beta12 | 1.2.19:beta13 | 1.2.19:beta14 | 1.2.19:beta15 | 1.2.19:beta16 | 1.2.19:beta17 | 1.2.19:beta18 | 1.2.19:beta19 | 1.2.19:beta2 | 1.2.19:beta20 | 1.2.19:beta21 | 1.2.19:beta22 | 1.2.19:beta23 | 1.2.19:beta24 | 1.2.19:beta25 | 1.2.19:beta26 | 1.2.19:beta27 | 1.2.19:beta28 | 1.2.19:beta29 | 1.2.19:beta3 | 1.2.19:beta30 | 1.2.19:beta31 | 1.2.19:beta32 | 1.2.19:beta33 | 1.2.19:beta4 | 1.2.19:beta5 | 1.2.19:beta6 | 1.2.19:beta7 | 1.2.19:beta8 | 1.2.19:beta9 | 1.2.19:rc1 | 1.2.19:rc2 | 1.2.19:rc3 | 1.2.19:rc4 | 1.2.19:rc5 | 1.2.19:rc6 | 1.2.20 | 1.2.20:beta01 | 1.2.20:beta02 | 1.2.20:beta03 | 1.2.20:beta04 | 1.2.20:rc1 | 1.2.20:rc2 | 1.2.20:rc3 | 1.2.20:rc4 | 1.2.20:rc5 | 1.2.20:rc6 | 1.2.21 | 1.2.21:beta1 | 1.2.21:beta2 | 1.2.21:rc1 | 1.2.21:rc2 | 1.2.21:rc3 | 1.2.22 | 1.2.22:beta1 | 1.2.22:beta2 | 1.2.22:beta2-1.2.21 | 1.2.22:beta3 | 1.2.22:beta3-1.2.21 | 1.2.22:beta4 | 1.2.22:beta4-1.2.21 | 1.2.22:rc1 | 1.2.22:rc1-1.2.21 | 1.2.23 | 1.2.23:beta01 | 1.2.23:beta01-1.2.22 | 1.2.23:beta02 | 1.2.23:beta02-1.2.22 | 1.2.23:beta03 | 1.2.23:beta03-1.2.22 | 1.2.23:beta04 | 1.2.23:beta04-1.2.22 | 1.2.23:beta05 | 1.2.23:beta05-1.2.22 | 1.2.23:rc01 | 1.2.23:rc01-1.2.22 | 1.2.24 | 1.2.24:beta01 | 1.2.24:beta01-1.2.23 | 1.2.24:beta02 | 1.2.24:beta02-1.2.23 | 1.2.24:beta03 | 1.2.24:beta03-1.2.23 | 1.2.24:rc01 | 1.2.24:rc01-1.2.23 | 1.2.25 | 1.2.25:beta01 | 1.2.25:beta02 | 1.2.25:beta03 | 1.2.25:beta04 | 1.2.25:beta05 | 1.2.25:beta06 | 1.2.25:rc01 | 1.2.25:rc02 | 1.2.26 | 1.2.26:beta01 | 1.2.26:beta02 | 1.2.26:beta03 | 1.2.26:beta04 | 1.2.26:beta05 | 1.2.26:beta06 | 1.2.26:rc01 | 1.2.27 | 1.2.28 | 1.2.29 | 1.2.30 | 1.2.31 | 1.2.32 | 1.2.33 | 1.4.0:beta36

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