CVE-2015-8540

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

6.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.3% 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:3.0/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 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. 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.

Published

2016-04-14 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-189
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d112a6f8e847905681731248fdabb7c7817514315c25097152b0a455a0bb3b0f

• sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng10/1.0.66/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151211 Re: Re: CVE request - read underflow in libpng 1.2.55, 1.0.65, 1.4.18, and 1.5.25 (pngwutil.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/d9006f683c641793252d92254a75ae9b815b42ed/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng15/1.5.26/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1430https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151210 CVE request - read underflow in libpng 1.2.55, 1.0.65, 1.4.18, and 1.5.25 (pngwutil.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng14/1.4.19/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151211 Re: CVE request - read underflow in libpng 1.2.55, 1.0.65, 1.4.18, and 1.5.25 (pngwutil.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151210 Re: CVE request - read underflow in libpng 1.2.55, 1.0.65, 1.4.18, and 1.5.25 (pngwutil.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/10/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng12/1.2.56/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3443http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3443vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/bugs/244/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com80592http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80592vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151217 Re: CVE request - read underflow in libpng 1.2.55, 1.0.65, 1.4.18, and 1.5.25 (pngwutil.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/17/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-3868cfa17bhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174435.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST