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 ID | CVE-2004-0421 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | CWE-125 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2004-08-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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