MEDIUM
CAN-2004-0421 libpng can access out of bounds memory
Published May 5, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.11%
Description
The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed PNG image file that triggers an error that causes an out-of-bounds read when creating the error message.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.10
- 1.0.11
- 1.0.12
- 1.0.13
- 1.0.14
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.3
- 2.0
- 1.2.2-16
- 1.2.2-20
Configuration 2
OR
- 2.1
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 2.0
- 2.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
libpng-2:1.2.2-21
Fixed · RHSA-2004:180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
libpng10-0:1.0.13-12
Fixed · RHSA-2004:180
Red Hat Linux 9
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2004:181
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libpng-2:1.2.2-21 | Fixed | RHSA-2004:180 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | libpng10-0:1.0.13-12 | Fixed | RHSA-2004:180 |
| Red Hat Linux 9 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2004:181 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.11% 0.04107
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04107
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.11% (0.04107) | 90.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.22% (0.04221) | 89.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 21, 2025 | 2.46% (0.02457) | 84.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 18, 2025 | 1.41% (0.01407) | 79.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.56% (0.02564) | 84.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.31% (0.05306) | 83.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.63% (0.01632) | 80.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 3, 2025 | 12.90% (0.12900) | 95.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2024 | 2.80% (0.02801) | 90.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 2.06% (0.02056) | 88.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | 1.42% (0.01420) | 85.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 1.15% (0.01154) | 82.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.47% (0.01468) | 84.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (21)
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEBroken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108334922320309&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQMailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108335030208523&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXMailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451350029261&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- http://marc.info/?l=fedora-announce-list&m=108451353608968&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22957 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22958 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-498 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANBroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:040 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:212 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:213 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-180.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-181.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10244 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0421 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=121229 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16022 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFBroken LinkVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0421
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11710 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A971 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0421
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 5, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Apr 19, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0421
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a