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RHSA-2003%3A007

RHSA-2003%3A007 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Portable Network Graphics (PNG) library libpng 1.2.5 and earlier does not correctly calculate offsets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack on the row buffers.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1

Timeline

  • Jan 29, 2003 CVE Published
  • Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 24, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Apr 24, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Apr 24, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Apr 24, 2026 Security Advisory
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