DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10087

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10087 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	libpng1.6	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	libpng1.6	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	libpng1.6	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	libpng1.6	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jan 30, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10087 advisory

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