VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-0973

high
Published 2015-01-18 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
8.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0973

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — https://support.apple.com/HT206167

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.6.16-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.6.16-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.6.16-1
debian debiansidfixed1.6.16-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.6.16-1
macos macosaffected

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
libpnglibpng{"endIncluding":"1.5.20"}
libpnglibpng1.6.0
libpnglibpng1.6.1
libpnglibpng1.6.2
libpnglibpng1.6.3
libpnglibpng1.6.4
libpnglibpng1.6.5
libpnglibpng1.6.6
libpnglibpng1.6.7
libpnglibpng1.6.8
libpnglibpng1.6.9
libpnglibpng1.6.10
libpnglibpng1.6.11
libpnglibpng1.6.12
libpnglibpng1.6.13
libpnglibpng1.6.14
libpnglibpng1.6.15

References

CWEs

CWE-119 CWE-120

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.