High 7.5Published Jul 22, 2012

CVE-2011-3464Off-by-one error in the png_formatted_warning function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.5.4 through 1.5.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute a…

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Off-by-one error in the png_formatted_warning function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.5.4 through 1.5.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

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): 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	1.5.0; 1.5.1; 1.5.1; 1.5.2; 1.5.2; 1.5.3; 1.5.4; 1.5.4; and 6 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/47827	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49660	vendor-advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html

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