{"cve":"CVE-2015-8472","nvd":{"published":"2016-01-21T15:59:00.117","modified":"2026-06-17T00:34:37.497","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in the png_set_PLTE function in libpng before 1.0.65, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.55, 1.3.x, 1.4.x before 1.4.18, 1.5.x before 1.5.25, and 1.6.x before 1.6.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8126.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":7.3},"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174905.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174936.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175073.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00038.html"],"products":["apple:mac_os_x","libpng:libpng"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:48.328043465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-8472","score":0.06054,"percentile":0.9338,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}