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Vulnerability record · CVE-2002-0728 · published 12 August 2002

CVE-2002-0728: Greg roelofs libpng vulnerability

Greg Roelofs · Libpng

Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.1% · top 19.1%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207 Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000512
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-152.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-140
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-049.php
ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207 Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000512
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-152.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-140
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-049.php

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2002-0728), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.