DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0973

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0973

    Published: 18 Jan 2015Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0973

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0973

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpng1.6

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libpng1.6?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.16-1

    Affected versions

    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