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CVE-2004-0599

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0599 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in libpng versions 1.2.5 and earlier, specifically within the png_read_png, png_handle_sPLT, and progressive display image reading functions. These flaws allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted PNG image. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0620 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libpng-2:1.2.2-25
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libpng10-0:1.0.13-15
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0599Important

security flaw

Aug 4, 2004

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
lists.apple.com / mhonarc/security-announce/msg00056.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
bugzilla.fedora.us / show_bug.cgi
Patch
scary.beasts.org / security/CESA-2004-001.txt
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22957
secunia.com / advisories/22958
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16896
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10938
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1479
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-536
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-570
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-571
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-03.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-22.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/160448
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/286464
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/477512
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_23_libpng.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-402.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-429.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/10857
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/15495
trustix.net / errata/2004/0040
Vendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA04-217A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource