CVE-2014-9495

Publication date 10 January 2015

Last updated 10 June 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit systems, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "very wide interlaced" PNG image.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpng 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

only 1.5.x and 1.6.x

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H