CVE-2015-0973

libpng: Heap-buffer overflow png_combine_row() with very wide interlaced images

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Severity

Critical

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · December 22, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of libpng as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. For a more detailed explanation please refer to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177327#c1

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow