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Vulnerability details: VCID-qve2-9dec-rfhw
Vulnerability ID VCID-qve2-9dec-rfhw
Aliases CVE-2008-5907
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities were found in libpng, which might result in the execution of arbitrary code
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
epss 0.00786 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5907
Reference id Reference type URL
http://libpng.sourceforge.net/index.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/09/1
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-5907.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5907
http://secunia.com/advisories/34320
http://secunia.com/advisories/34388
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-28.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48128
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4B6F0239C13D0245820603C036D180BC79FBAA%40CABOTUKEXCH01.cabot.local&forum_name=png-mng-implement
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1750
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:051
480321 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480321
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-5907 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5907
GLSA-200903-28 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-28
GLSA-201412-08 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-08
USN-730-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/730-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5907
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 0.73757
EPSS Score 0.00786
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:04:36.283486+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-28 38.0.0