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Vulnerability details: VCID-xpad-wqev-ryes
Vulnerability ID VCID-xpad-wqev-ryes
Aliases CVE-2011-0408
Summary Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer pngrtran.c in libpng allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted palette-based PNG image that triggers a buffer overflow, related to the png_do_expand_palette function, the png_do_rgb_to_gray function, and an integer underflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.1
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
epss 0.05904 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0408
Reference id Reference type URL
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-1.5.0-diff.txt
ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png-group/src/libpng-1.5.1beta01-README.txt
http://osvdb.org/70417
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-0408.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0408
http://secunia.com/advisories/42863
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024955
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64637
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=002b01cbb0e2%24ae636c80%240b2a4580%24%40acm.org&forum_name=png-mng-implement
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/643140
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0080
671502 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671502
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2011-0408 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0408
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0408
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.90557
EPSS Score 0.05904
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:46:46.184760+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/libpng/CVE-2011-0408.yml 38.0.0