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CVE-2008-1382

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows...

7.5 High

CVE-2008-1382 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Libpng, published April 14, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.51%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
5.51%EPSS, 92nd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

Exploit likelihood

5.51%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.0.14-12
2:1.0.14-12
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
2:1.2.7-3.el4_7.2
libpng10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng10-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
0:1.0.16-3.el4_7.3
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libpng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libpng-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
libpng-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2
2:1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

Record
CVE-2008-1382
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-189
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

Record
CVE-2008-1382
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1389No score

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

Record
EUVD-2008-1389
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wcwj-fgp8-wvg8No score

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows...

libpng 1.0.6 through 1.0.32, 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, and 1.4.0beta01 through 1.4.0beta19 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PNG file with zero length "unknown" chunks, which trigger an access of uninitialized memory.

Record
GHSA-wcwj-fgp8-wvg8
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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