pngcrush: double-free in sPLT and png.c file
Published Aug 31, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.19%
Description
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.7.86
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
pngcrush
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | pngcrush | Will not fix | n/a |
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02191) | 81.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02191) | 80.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00691) | 69.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.91% (0.01910) | 72.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00399) | 58.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 65.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 63.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 60.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7700 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1536198 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7700
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/10/pngcrush-1787-released/ x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7700
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/changelog.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7700 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1536198 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7700 | ||
| https://sourceforge.net/p/pmt/news/2015/10/pngcrush-1787-released/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7700 |
Change history (0)
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