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Case File

CVE-2016-10087

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.52%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-10087
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.52%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.