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Vulnerability details: VCID-qpn2-bwsx-1kcg
Vulnerability ID VCID-qpn2-bwsx-1kcg
Aliases CVE-2011-2690
Summary Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') Buffer overflow in libpng , when used by an application that calls the png_rgb_to_gray function but not the png_set_expand function, allows remote attackers to overwrite memory with an arbitrary amount of data, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted PNG image.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2011-2690.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-2690
720607 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720607
CVE-2011-2690 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2690
GLSA-201206-15 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-15
RHSA-2011:1104 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1104
RHSA-2011:1105 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1105
USN-1175-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1175-1/
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.7933
EPSS Score 0.01256
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:46:46.335359+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/libpng/CVE-2011-2690.yml 38.0.0