CVE-2015-7700
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows...
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2015-7700- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2015-7700- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7601 No score
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2015-7601- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4q9g-gjc2-2pf4
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows...
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
GHSA-4q9g-gjc2-2pf4- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
CVE-2015-7700- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-7700
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7700- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7700
Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7700- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10351-1 No score
pngcrush-1.7.92-1.5 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the pngcrush-1.7.92-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10351-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5236-1 No score
A security issue was fixed in pngcrush
Brian Carpenter discovered that pngcrush incorrectly handled specially crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
- Record
USN-5236-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pngcrushDebian:12 |
before 1.8.13-0.1 | 1.8.13-0.1 |
pngcrushDebian:13 |
before 1.8.13-0.1 | 1.8.13-0.1 |
pngcrushDebian:14 |
before 1.8.13-0.1 | 1.8.13-0.1 |
pngcrushUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.7.9-11.7.65-0.1 |
None known |
pngcrushUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
before 1.7.85-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions 1.7.85-1 |
1.7.85-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
pngcrushUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.7.85-1build1 |
None known |
pngcrushopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 1.7.92-1.5 | 1.7.92-1.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-7700 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Pngcrush Project Pngcrush, published August 31, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.27%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in pngcrush 1.8.13-0.1.