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CVE-2002-0728

Published: Jul 26, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 20.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
libpnggreg roelofs
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
greg roelofsindividual-devOSS Libraries
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-140
debian.org
ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207
swrinde.nde.swri.edu
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-152.html
rhn.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 26, 2002
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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