CVE-2015-0973

Publication date 18 January 2015

Last updated 10 June 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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
texlive-bin 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

only affects libpng 1.5 and 1.6 texlive-bin has libpng 1.2 or uses system libpng

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