CVE-2016-10087

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

5%p92

Published

Jan 30, 2017 (Jan 30, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The png_set_text_2 function in libpng 0.71 before 1.0.67, 1.2.x before 1.2.57, 1.4.x before 1.4.20, 1.5.x before 1.5.28, and 1.6.x before 1.6.27 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference vectors involving loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure.

Vendors: libpng
Products: libpng
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (5.1%)

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