CVE-2015-2158

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Off-by-one error in the pngcrush_measure_idat function in pngcrush.c in pngcrush before 1.7.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/01/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72830Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198171Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/02/pngcrush-1784-released/Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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