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    CVE-2002-1363

    Portable Network Graphics (PNG) library libpng 1.2.5 and earlier does not correctly calculate offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack on the row buffers.

    Published:Dec 19, 2002
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 1, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.06787
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Greg Roelofs
    Product
    Libpng
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2011-3328 (CVSS 2.6) — The png_handle_cHRM function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.5.4, when color-correction support is enabled, allows r…
    CVE-2006-5793 (CVSS 2.6) — The sPLT chunk handling code (png_set_sPLT function in pngset.c) in libpng 1.0.6 through 1.2.12 uses a sizeof …
    CVE-2006-3334 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in the png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.2.12 allows context-depe…
    CVE-2006-0481 (CVSS 5) — Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to…
    CVE-2004-0599 (CVSS 5) — Multiple integer overflows in the (1) png_read_png in pngread.c or (2) png_handle_sPLT functions in pngrutil.c…
    CVE-2004-0598 (CVSS 5) — The png_handle_iCCP function in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service …
    CVE-2004-0597 (CVSS 10) — Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to…
    CVE-2002-0660 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.12-3.woody.2 and libpng3 1.2.1-1.1.woody.2 on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and other op…
    CVE-2002-0728 (CVSS 5) — Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attac…

    References

    http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:008
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-213
    http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:063
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_004_libpng.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-006.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-007.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-119.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-157.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-249.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-402.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6431
    https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1943
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10925
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3657
    http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:008
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-213
    http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:063
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_004_libpng.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-006.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-007.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-119.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-157.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-249.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-402.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6431
    https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1943
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10925
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3657

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High