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CVE-2016-10087 json

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1…

published 2017-01-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1279

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.1%
EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.

Patch / fix

  • libpng1.6 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.27-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10087

  • libpng Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3
  • libpng Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1
  • libpng1.6 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.6.20-2ubuntu0.1~esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10087

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

  • libpng15 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 1.5.22-9.1
  • libpng12-0 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.31-5.43.1
  • libpng12 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.2.50-19.1
  • libpng16 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.6.8-14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0950-1SUSE-SU-2017:0901-1SUSE-SU-2017:0860-1SUSE-SU-2017:0853-1

  • libpng16 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.37-3.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10972-1

  • fltk Azure Linux 3.0 1.3.8-1

azure linux advisories AZL-44325

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

  • libpng Arch Linux 1.6.27-1
  • lib32-libpng Arch Linux 1.6.27-1

arch linux advisories AVG-119AVG-120

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-2016-10087 updated cvss 3.3

libpng: NULL pointer dereference in png_set_text_2()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libpng Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libpng Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libpng, libpng12 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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