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CVE-2015-8472

HIGH · CVSS 7.3 EPSS 6.05%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-01-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2015-8472
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.3
EPSS
6.05%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.