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Case File

CVE-2015-8540

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 6.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-8540
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
6.43%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.