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CVE-2015-8540

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1...

8.8 HighFix available

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

6.48%Up 2.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Record
CVE-2015-8540
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-189
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Record
CVE-2015-8540
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8421 No score

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Record
EUVD-2015-8421
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7qhq-6293-wrx3 8.8

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1...

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Record
GHSA-7qhq-6293-wrx3
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2015-8540 8.8

CVE-2015-8540 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2015-8540
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2024-2091 9.8

syslinux security update

Security Fix(es):

The png_format_buffer function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image that triggers an out-of-bounds read during the copying of error-message data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2004-0421 regression. NOTE: this is called an off-by-one error by some sources.(CVE-2011-2501)

Buffer overflow in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.(CVE-2011-2690)

The png_err function in pngerror.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 makes a function call using a NULL pointer argument instead of an empty-string argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PNG image.(CVE-2011-2691)

The png_handle_sCAL function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.55, 1.2.x before 1.2.45, 1.4.x before 1.4.8, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 does not properly handle invalid sCAL chunks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PNG image that triggers the reading of uninitialized memory.(CVE-2011-2692)

Integer signedness error in the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026.(CVE-2011-3045)

The png_set_text_2 function in pngset.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.59, 1.2.x before 1.2.49, 1.4.x before 1.4.11, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted text chunk in a PNG image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure that is not properly handled, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.(CVE-2011-3048)

The png_push_read_zTXt function in pngpread.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.58, 1.2.x before 1.2.48, 1.4.x before 1.4.10, and 1.5.x before 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a large avail_in field value in a PNG image.(CVE-2012-3425)

The png_convert_to_rfc1123 function in png.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.64, 1.2.x before 1.2.54, and 1.4.x before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.(CVE-2015-7981)

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.(CVE-2015-8126)

Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.(CVE-2015-8472)

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x…

Record
OESA-2024-2091
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2016:0099 7.6

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.7.1-ibm security update

Record
RHSA-2016:0099
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:0100 7.6

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.7.0-ibm security update

Record
RHSA-2016:0100
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:0101 7.6

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-ibm security update

Record
RHSA-2016:0101
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:1430 7.6

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.7.0-ibm and java-1.7.1-ibm security update

Record
RHSA-2016:1430
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540 8.8

Integer underflow in the png_check_keyword function in pngwutil.c in libpng 0.90 through 0.99, 1.0.x before 1.0.66, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.56, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.19, and 1.5.x before 1.5.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a space character as a keyword in a PNG image, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8540
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0489 No score

Updated libpng12 packages fix security vulnerability

There is a underflow read in png_check_keyword() in pngwutil.c in libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.56 (CVE-2015-8540).

Record
MGASA-2015-0489
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10184-1 No score

libpng12-0-1.2.56-1.5 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libpng12-0-1.2.56-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10184-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0399-1 No score

Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm

This update for java-1_7_1-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 7.1-3.30 (bsc#963937):

  • CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances
  • CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials
  • CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
  • CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
  • CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0399-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0401-1 No score

Security update for java-1_7_1-ibm

This update for java-1_7_1-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 7.1-3.30 (bsc#963937):

  • CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances
  • CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials
  • CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
  • CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
  • CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0401-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0428-1 No score

Security update for java-1_6_0-ibm

This update for java-1_6_0-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 6.0-16.20 (bsc#963937)

  • CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances
  • CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials
  • CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
  • CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
  • CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package
  • bsc#960286: resolve package conflicts in the fonts subpackage
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0428-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0431-1 No score

Security update for java-1_6_0-ibm

This update for java-1_6_0-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 6.0-16.20 (bsc#963937)

  • CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances
  • CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials
  • CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
  • CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
  • CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package
  • bsc#960286: resolve package conflicts in the fonts subpackage
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0431-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0433-1 No score

Security update for java-1_7_0-ibm

This update for java-1_7_0-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 7.0-9.30 (bsc#963937):

  • CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances
  • CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials
  • CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
  • CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
  • CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0433-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0636-1 No score

Security update for java-1_7_0-ibm

This update for java-1_7_0-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 7.0-9.30 (bsc#963937):

  • CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances
  • CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials
  • CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
  • CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
  • CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0636-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:0770-1 No score

Security update for java-1_6_0-ibm

This update for java-1_6_0-ibm fixes the following issues by updating to 6.0-16.20 (bsc#963937)

  • CVE-2015-5041: Could could have invoked non-public interface methods under certain circumstances
  • CVE-2015-7575: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials
  • CVE-2015-7981: libpng could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the png_convert_to_rfc1123 function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2015-8126: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8472: buffer overflow in libpng caused by improper bounds checking by the png_set_PLTE() and png_get_PLTE() functions
  • CVE-2015-8540: libpng is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a read underflow in png_check_keyword in pngwutil.c. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
  • CVE-2016-0402: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Networking component has no confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0448: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JMX component could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information
  • CVE-2016-0466: An unspecified vulnerability related to the JAXP component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service
  • CVE-2016-0483: An unspecified vulnerability related to the AWT component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact
  • CVE-2016-0494: An unspecified vulnerability related to the 2D component has complete confidentiality impact, complete integrity impact, and complete availability impact

The following bugs were fixed:

  • bsc#960402: resolve package conflicts in devel package
  • bsc#960286: resolve package conflicts in the fonts subpackage
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:0770-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0860-1 No score

Security update for libpng12

This update for libpng12 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2015-8540: read underflow in libpng (bsc#958791)
  • CVE-2016-10087: NULL pointer dereference in png_set_text_2() (bsc#1017646)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0860-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0901-1 No score

Security update for libpng12-0

This update for libpng12-0 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2015-8540: read underflow in libpng (bsc#958791)
  • CVE-2016-10087: NULL pointer dereference in png_set_text_2() (bsc#1017646)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0901-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0950-1 No score

Security update for libpng15

This update for libpng15 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2015-8540: read underflow in libpng (bsc#958791)
  • CVE-2016-10087: NULL pointer dereference in png_set_text_2() (bsc#1017646)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0950-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2861-1 No score

libpng vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8472)

Qixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8540)

Record
USN-2861-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libpng
Debian:6.0
before 1.2.44-1+squeeze6, plus listed versions
1.2.44-11.2.44-1+squeeze11.2.44-1+squeeze21.2.44-1+squeeze31.2.44-1+squeeze41.2.44-1+squeeze5
1.2.44-1+squeeze6
libpng
Debian:7
before 1.2.49-1+deb7u2, plus listed versions
1.2.49-11.2.49-1+deb7u1
1.2.49-1+deb7u2
libpng
Debian:8
before 1.2.50-2+deb8u2, plus listed versions
1.2.50-21.2.50-2+deb8u11.2.50-2+deb8u2~kbsd8u1
1.2.50-2+deb8u2
libpng12
Mageia:5
before 1.2.56-1.mga5
1.2.56-1.mga5
syslinux
openEuler:24.03-LTS
before 6.04-16.oe2403
6.04-16.oe2403
syslinux
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
before 6.04-16.oe2203sp4
6.04-16.oe2203sp4
syslinux
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP3
before 6.04-16.oe2203sp3
6.04-16.oe2203sp3
syslinux
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4
before 6.04-14.oe2003sp4
6.04-14.oe2003sp4
syslinux
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1
before 6.04-16.oe2203sp1
6.04-16.oe2203sp1
java-1.7.1-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
java-1.7.1-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
java-1.7.1-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.2.el6_7
java-1.7.1-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:7
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:7
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:7
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:7
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:7
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.1-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:7
before 1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
1:1.7.1.3.30-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.30-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-accessibility
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.6.0-ibm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.6.0-ibm-demo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.6.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.6.0-ibm-src
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.6.0.16.20-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.7.0-ibm
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 1:1.7.0.9.40-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.40-1jpp.1.el5
java-1.7.0-ibm-devel
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 1:1.7.0.9.40-1jpp.1.el5
1:1.7.0.9.40-1jpp.1.el5
spacewalk-java
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
spacewalk-java-config
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
spacewalk-java-lib
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
spacewalk-java-oracle
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
spacewalk-java-postgresql
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
spacewalk-taskomatic
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5
before 0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
0:2.0.2-109.el5sat
java-1.7.1-ibm
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
spacewalk-java
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
spacewalk-java-config
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
spacewalk-java-lib
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
spacewalk-java-oracle
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
spacewalk-java-postgresql
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
spacewalk-taskomatic
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6
before 0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
0:2.0.2-109.el6sat
java-1.7.1-ibm
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
java-1.7.1-ibm-devel
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
1:1.7.1.3.40-1jpp.1.el6_7
spacewalk-java
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
spacewalk-java-config
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
spacewalk-java-lib
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
spacewalk-java-oracle
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
spacewalk-java-postgresql
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
spacewalk-taskomatic
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
before 0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
0:2.3.8-146.el6sat
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-9.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-9.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-9.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-9.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-9.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-9.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
java-1_7_1-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
1.7.1_sr3.30-21.1
java-1_6_0-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12
before 1.6.0_sr16.20-30.1
1.6.0_sr16.20-30.1
java-1_6_0-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
before 1.6.0_sr16.20-49.1
1.6.0_sr16.20-49.1
java-1_7_0-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
before 1.7.0_sr9.30-45.1
1.7.0_sr9.30-45.1
java-1_7_0-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
before 1.7.0_sr9.30-47.1
1.7.0_sr9.30-47.1
java-1_6_0-ibm
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
before 1.6.0_sr16.20-51.1
1.6.0_sr16.20-51.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 1.2.50-19.1
1.2.50-19.1
libpng12-0
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 1.2.31-5.43.1
1.2.31-5.43.1
libpng12-0
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 1.2.31-5.43.1
1.2.31-5.43.1
libpng12-0
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 1.2.31-5.43.1
1.2.31-5.43.1
libpng15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 1.5.22-9.1
1.5.22-9.1
libpng15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 1.5.22-9.1
1.5.22-9.1
libpng15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 1.5.22-9.1
1.5.22-9.1
libpng15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 1.5.22-9.1
1.5.22-9.1
libpng15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 1.5.22-9.1
1.5.22-9.1
libpng15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 1.5.22-9.1
1.5.22-9.1
libpng15
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 1.5.22-9.1
1.5.22-9.1
libpng
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2, plus listed versions
1.2.49-4ubuntu11.2.49-5ubuntu11.2.50-1ubuntu11.2.50-1ubuntu21.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.1
1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

History

History
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In short

CVE-2015-8540 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Libpng, published December 11, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.48%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in libpng 1.2.44-1+squeeze6.

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