CVE-2006-0481

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-01-31 CVE Reserved
2006-01-31 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.8-README.txt	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179455	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24396	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10780	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18654	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/18863	2017-10-11
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015615	2017-10-11
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015617	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0205.html	2017-10-11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16626	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/33137	2017-10-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-15.xml	2017-10-11
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0393	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0481	2006-02-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618003	2006-02-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Greg Roelofs Search vendor "Greg Roelofs"		Libpng Search vendor "Greg Roelofs" for product "Libpng"				1.2.7 Search vendor "Greg Roelofs" for product "Libpng" and version "1.2.7"		-		Affected