CVE-2014-9495
Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit systems, might allow...
- Published
- Jan 10, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 10, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 89.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the png_combine_row function in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16, when running on 64-bit systems, might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "very wide interlaced" PNG image.
Sources
1Security research project on fuzzing libpng with OSS-Fuzz. Includes seed corpus analysis, custom read/write fuzzers, and a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2014-9495.
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