High 8.8Published Jul 17, 2011

CVE-2011-2690Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set…

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Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
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	from 1.0.0 before 1.0.55; from 1.2.0 before 1.2.45; from 1.4.0 before 1.4.8; from 1.5.0 before 1.5.4	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	14	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	5.0; 6.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	8.04; 10.04; 10.10; 11.04	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063118.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45046	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45405	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45415	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45460	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45461	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/45492	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660	broken-link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml	third-party-advisory
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