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CVE-2015-8540
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-14T14:59:03.287 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:34:42.650

Summary

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

redhat — enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary

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References

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