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CVE-2006-0481

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.08%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-01-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2006-0481
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
3.08%

Original NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.