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CVE-2015-8472 json

Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x befo…

published 2016-01-21 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-8354

cvss
7.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.

Patch / fix

  • libpng1.6 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.20-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8472

  • libpng Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8472

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • java-1.7.0-ibm network satellite 5.6 1:1.7.0.9.40-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.7.1-ibm network satellite 5.7, network satellite 5.6 1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.6 2.0.2-109.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.6 2.0.2-109.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-146.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.6 2.0.2-109.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.6 2.0.2-109.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.7 2.3.8-146.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1430RHSA-2016:0101RHSA-2016:0100RHSA-2016:0099RHSA-2016:0057RHSA-2016:0056

  • java-1_6_0-ibm SLE Module for Legacy 12 1.6.0_sr16.20-30.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +3 more 1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.7.1_sr3.30-9.1
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 1.8.0_sr2.10-7.1
  • java-1_7_0-openjdk SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +3 more 1.7.0.95-24.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdk SLED 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP3 1.7.0.95-0.17.2
  • java-1_6_0-ibm SLES 11 SP3-LTSS 1.6.0_sr16.20-51.1
  • java-1_7_0-ibm SLES 11 SP3-LTSS 1.7.0_sr9.30-47.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0770-1SUSE-SU-2016:0636-1SUSE-SU-2016:0431-1SUSE-SU-2016:0433-1SUSE-SU-2016:0428-1SUSE-SU-2016:0401-1

  • java-1_7_0-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.7.0.121-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10534-1

  • fltk Azure Linux 3.0 1.3.8-1

azure linux advisories AZL-44394

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8472 updated cvss 5.1

libpng: Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in png_get_PLTE/png_set_PLTE functions

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libpng
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, +9 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el5_11, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.7.0-oracle-src 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el5_11, +4 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, +5 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, +9 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, +9 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, +9 more
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el5_11, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el5_11, java-1.7.0-oracle-src 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el5_11, +4 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, +9 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.3.el6_7, +9 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.95-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.71-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.111-1jpp.1.el7, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0057
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libpng 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12 1.2.50-7.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libpng-devel 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng-static 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-devel 1.2.50-7.el7_2, libpng-debuginfo 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-debuginfo 1.2.50-7.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0099
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libpng 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12 1.2.50-7.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libpng-devel 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng-static 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-devel 1.2.50-7.el7_2, libpng-debuginfo 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-debuginfo 1.2.50-7.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0099
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) libpng 1.2.49-2.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) libpng-devel 1.2.49-2.el6_7, libpng-static 1.2.49-2.el6_7, libpng-debuginfo 1.2.49-2.el6_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.7.0-ibm-demo 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0101
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) libpng 1.2.49-2.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) libpng-devel 1.2.49-2.el6_7, libpng-static 1.2.49-2.el6_7, libpng-debuginfo 1.2.49-2.el6_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) libpng 1.2.49-2.el6_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libpng 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12 1.2.50-7.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) libpng-static 1.2.49-2.el6_7, libpng-debuginfo 1.2.49-2.el6_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libpng-static 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-devel 1.2.50-7.el7_2, libpng-debuginfo 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-debuginfo 1.2.50-7.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.7.0-ibm-src 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.7.0-ibm-demo 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc 1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0099
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) libpng 1.2.49-2.el6_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libpng 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12 1.2.50-7.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) libpng-static 1.2.49-2.el6_7, libpng-debuginfo 1.2.49-2.el6_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libpng-static 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-devel 1.2.50-7.el7_2, libpng-debuginfo 1.5.13-7.el7_2, libpng12-debuginfo 1.2.50-7.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.2.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0099
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-java 2.0.2-109.el5sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.0.2-109.el5sat, java-1.7.0-ibm 1.7.0.9.40-1jpp.1.el5, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.0.2-109.el5sat, spacewalk-java-config 2.0.2-109.el5sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.0.2-109.el5sat, +1 more Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.0.2-109.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.0.2-109.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.0.2-109.el6sat, java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7, spacewalk-java-config 2.0.2-109.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.0.2-109.el6sat, +1 more Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.3.8-146.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.3.8-146.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.3.8-146.el6sat, java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7, spacewalk-java-config 2.3.8-146.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.3.8-146.el6sat, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1430

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Exploit prediction

6.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.