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CVE-2004-0421 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The Portable Network Graphics library (libpng) 1.0.15 and ea)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2004-0421
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWECWE-125
StatusModified
Published2004-08-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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