CVE-2013-6954

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6954
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-12 18:34:55 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.035460000 probability, percentile 0.877270000 (date 2026-05-01)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-476 | n/a | CWE-476 CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.0 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.0 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.1 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.1 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.2 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.2 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.3 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.3 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.4 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.4 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.5 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.6 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.7 All All All
Application Libpng Libpng 1.6.7 beta All All
Application Libpng Libpng All beta All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03091 SSRT101667 rev.1 - HP-UX running Java7, Remote Unauthorized Access, ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libpng12-1.2.50-4.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK for Java included with IBM Forms Viewer - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com
Vulnerability Note VU#650142 - libpng 1.6.1 through 1.6.7 contain a null-pointer dereference vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
LIBPNG: PNG reference library / Code / Commit [1faa6f] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Exploit, Patch
openSUSE-SU-2014:0100-1: moderate: update for libpng16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM Security Bulletin: InfoSphere Streams is possibly affected by vulnerabilities in the IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition (CVE-2014-0453 and CVE-2014-0460) - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:035 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libpng10-1.0.60-6.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA58974 - IBM Forms Viewer Multiple Java Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
LIBPNG: PNG reference library - Browse Files at SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- IcedTea JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Bug 1045561 – CVE-2013-6954 libpng: unhandled zero-length PLTE chunk or NULL palette af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
IBM Security Bulletin: IBM Lotus Expeditor fixes for multiple vulnerabilities in IBM JRE - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Security Advisory SA59058 - IBM Lotus Expeditor Multiple Java Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libpng 'png_read_transform_info()' Function NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libpng12-1.2.50-6.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0075 - Updated libpng and libpng12 packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
libpng Home Page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.libpng.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libpng15-1.5.17-2.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03092 SSRT101668 rev.1 - HP-UX running Java6, Remote Unauthorized Access, ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libpng10-1.0.60-6.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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