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    CVE-2013-6954

    The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.

    Published:Dec 19, 2013
    Last Modified:Jun 10, 2025
    EPS:Jan 12, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.03546
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libpng
    Product
    Libpng
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Network Satellite
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras Oracle Java

    Exploits

    http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968chttp://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-34757 (CVSS 5.1) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …
    CVE-2026-33636 (CVSS 7.6) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …
    CVE-2026-33416 (CVSS 7.5) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …
    CVE-2026-3713 (CVSS 1.9) — A flaw has been found in pnggroup libpng up to 1.6.55. Affected by this vulnerability is the function do_pnm2p…
    CVE-2026-25646 (CVSS 8.3) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …
    CVE-2025-28162 (CVSS 5.5) — Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via…
    CVE-2025-28164 (CVSS 5.5) — Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via…
    CVE-2026-22801 (CVSS 6.8) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …
    CVE-2026-22695 (CVSS 6.1) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …
    CVE-2025-66293 (CVSS 7.1) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …

    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
    http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
    http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142
    http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561
    https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127947.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127952.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128098.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128099.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128114.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00071.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
    http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
    http://sourceforge.net/p/libpng/code/ci/1faa6ff32c648acfe3cf30a58d31d7aebc24968c
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.8/
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650142
    http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:035
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64493
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045561
    https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675973

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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