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CVE-2017-12652
libpng before 1.6.32 does not properly check the length of chunks against the user limit.
Critical9.8EPSS 4.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
libpng before 1.6.32 does not properly check the length of chunks against the user limit.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://github.com/glennrp/libpng/blob/df7e9dae0c4aac63d55361e35709c864fa1b8363/ANNOUNCE (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 109269 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88124225 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88124225?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS (opens in a new tab)
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/347538efbdc21b8df684ebd92d37400b3ce85d55 (opens in a new tab)
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K88124225?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .