CVE-2015-0973 (GCVE-0-2015-0973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-18 18:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:25
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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