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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-3328 · published 17 January 2012

CVE-2011-3328: Greg roelofs libpng vulnerability

Greg Roelofs · Libpng

The png_handle_cHRM function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.5.4, when color-correction support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a malformed PNG image containing a cHRM chunk associated with a certain zero value.

2.6 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 3.6% · top 10.8%
2.6CVSS 2.0 base score
3.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The png_handle_cHRM function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.5.4, when color-correction support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a malformed PNG image containing a cHRM chunk associated with a certain zero value.

AV:N/AC:H/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
http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3406145&group_id=5624&atid=105624 Exploit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/477046 PatchUS Government Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740864
http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3406145&group_id=5624&atid=105624 Exploit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/477046 PatchUS Government Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740864

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-3328), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.