01 Record
CVE-2011-2501
The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-07-17 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-06-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ba05c61362c1ec8fb0ce0d99e7317c6085f6372e0915ebd10468a2e67f01efcd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com49660http://secunia.com/advisories/49660
- secunia.com45046http://secunia.com/advisories/45046
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1175-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1
- libpng.git.sourceforge.nethttp://libpng.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libpng/libpng%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65e6d5a34f49acdb362a0625a706c6b914e670af
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:151http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151
- www.securityfocus.com48474http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48474
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717084
- slackware.comSSA:2011-210-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.617466
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201206-15http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110627 CVE request for libpng regression (CVE-2004-0421)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/13
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-8868http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062720.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibpng-pngerror-dos(68517)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68517
- secunia.com45289http://secunia.com/advisories/45289
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-9336http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2287http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2287
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=BANLkTikrnU6FJNQYFvwmt78hwpgKPVRd1Q%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement
- secunia.com45405http://secunia.com/advisories/45405
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1105http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110628 Re: CVE request for libpng regression (CVE-2004-0421)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/16
- secunia.com45460http://secunia.com/advisories/45460
- secunia.com45486http://secunia.com/advisories/45486
- secunia.com45492http://secunia.com/advisories/45492
- secunia.com45415http://secunia.com/advisories/45415