01 Record
CVE-2012-4432
Use-after-free vulnerability in opngreduc.c in OptiPNG Hg and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to "palette reduction."
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in opngreduc.c in OptiPNG Hg and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to "palette reduction."
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
- 5.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2012-10-01 01:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 20136584bfebe2d13edcb43299b6beacf27f7d0defbee313c842165630f3ffe9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com55566http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55566
- optipng.sourceforge.nethttp://optipng.sourceforge.net/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comoptipng-palette-code-execution(78743)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78743
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120917 CVE request: OptiPNG Palette Reduction Use-After-Free Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/17/5
- optipng.hg.sourceforge.nethttp://optipng.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/optipng/optipng/rev/f1d5d44670a2
- secunia.com50654http://secunia.com/advisories/50654
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=151404
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120917 Re: CVE request: OptiPNG Palette Reduction Use-After-Free Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/18/2