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CVE-2009-5063: libpng

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 31-08-2011Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-5063 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in libpng. EPSS estimates a 1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.9% 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
1.50%
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. 31-08-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory leak in the embedded_profile_len function in pngwutil.c in libpng before 1.2.39beta5 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. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-7244.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.50% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.50%

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

Libpng1 product
  • libpng≤ 1.2.38 | 1.2.39 | 1.2.39:beta1 | 1.2.39:beta2 | 1.2.39:beta3 | 1.2.39:beta4

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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