High 7.5Published Apr 14, 2008

CVE-2008-1382libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via…

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.51%, higher than 93% of scored CVEs.

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libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 5.51% (percentile 93)
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libpng libpng libpng:libpng	1.0.6; 1.0.6; 1.0.6; 1.0.6; 1.0.6; 1.0.6; 1.0.6; 1.0.6; and 193 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://libpng.sourceforge.net/Advisory-1.2.26.txt
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29678
http://secunia.com/advisories/29792	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29957
http://secunia.com/advisories/29992
http://secunia.com/advisories/30009
http://secunia.com/advisories/30157
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