CVE-2002-0728

N/A Unknown
Published: August 12, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000512
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-152.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-140
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-049.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000512
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-152.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-140
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-049.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
68th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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