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CVE-2006-0481
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.1%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- RHSA-2006:0205 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179455 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- libpng-pngsetstripalpha-bo(24396) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015617 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0393 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18654 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1015615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 33137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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