CVE detail

CVE-2020-28248 — CVE-2020-28248

Published 2021-02-20 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor png-img_project · Product png-img · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.8

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0222

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

81.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

An integer overflow in the PngImg::InitStorage_() function of png-img before 3.1.0 leads to an under-allocation of heap memory and subsequently an exploitable heap-based buffer overflow when loading a crafted PNG file.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.