MEDIUM
Off-by-one error in ICC profile chunk handling in the png_set_iCCP function in pngset.c in libpng before 1.2.22 beta1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image, due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-5266
Published Oct 8, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.97%
Description
Off-by-one error in ICC profile chunk handling in the png_set_iCCP function in pngset.c in libpng before 1.2.22 beta1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PNG image, due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-5266.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libpng and libpng10 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.97% 0.01968
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01968
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 79.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 77.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 4.00% (0.03999) | 88.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.74% (0.02744) | 84.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.15% (0.04148) | 80.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.74% (0.02744) | 85.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2025 | 8.38% (0.08385) | 94.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.10% (0.06100) | 93.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.98% (0.04985) | 93.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 5.98% (0.05984) | 93.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2024 | 7.94% (0.07935) | 94.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 6.56% (0.06557) | 93.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2024 | 6.91% (0.06905) | 93.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2024 | 6.68% (0.06678) | 93.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 14, 2023 | 6.41% (0.06407) | 92.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.96% (0.05955) | 92.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (27)
- http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27130 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27746 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35302 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35386 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.520323 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47067C84.7010205%40playstation.sony.com&forum_name=png-mng-implement mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=3.0.6.32.20071005143158.012ada08%40mail.comcast.net mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259989-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020521.1-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25957 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3391 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1462 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1560 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5267 Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1814 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5267
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5267
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 8, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 8, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5267
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a