01 Record
CVE-2011-2690
Buffer overflow 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, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow 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, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the
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
- 3.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (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:H/I:H/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 23:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-07-11
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9447699ab480900a69ace714c82a772a1d5b1d5ba33755289bbc02fc568e0e41
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com49660http://secunia.com/advisories/49660
- www.securityfocus.com48660http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48660
- secunia.com45046http://secunia.com/advisories/45046
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1175-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1175-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:151http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:151
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201206-15http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
- secunia.com45461http://secunia.com/advisories/45461
- www.libpng.orghttp://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
- 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
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720607
- secunia.com45405http://secunia.com/advisories/45405
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1105http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1105.html
- secunia.com45460http://secunia.com/advisories/45460
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110713 Security issues fixed in libpng 1.5.4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/13/2
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibpng-pngrgbtogray-bo(68538)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68538
- secunia.com45492http://secunia.com/advisories/45492
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1104http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1104.html
- secunia.com45415http://secunia.com/advisories/45415