7.5

CVE-2016-10087: libpng NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2017-0020SUSE-SU-2017:0853-1UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10087
Published 30-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10087 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libpng. EPSS estimates a 5.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.13%
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 5 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10972-1SUSE-SU-2017:0860-1SUSE-SU-2017:0901-1SUSE-SU-2017:0950-1USN-3712-1USN-8639-1

Timeline

  1. 30-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.13% 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, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse9 products
  • libpng16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 1.6.8-14.1
  • libpng16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 1.6.8-14.1
  • libpng16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1< 1.6.8-14.1
  • libpng16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2< 1.6.8-14.1
  • libpng16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2< 1.6.8-14.1
Mageia2 products
  • libpng< 1.6.27-1.mga5
  • libpng12< 1.2.57-1.mga5
Ubuntu2 products
  • libpng< 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3 | < 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1
  • libpng1.6< 1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm4
Debian1 product
  • libpng1.6< 1.6.27-1
Libpng1 product
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