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CVE-2012-3425

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3425 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the libpng library (versions 1.0.x, 1.2.x, 1.4.x, and 1.5.x) that can lead to a denial of service. This flaw, affecting various Linux distributions like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat, can be triggered remotely by processing a specially crafted PNG image with a large avail_in field. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3, it has a low attack complexity and only impacts availability, with no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0336 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 syslinux 6.04-11 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.04-11
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16848-17084Fixed in: 6.04-11
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libpng

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2012-Aug/CVE-2012-3425Moderate

The png_push_read_zTXt function allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

Aug 2, 2012
redhatCVE-2012-3425Low

libpng: Out-of heap-based buffer read by inflating certain PNG images

Apr 8, 2012

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Third Party Advisory
libpng.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
libpng.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
libpng.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
libpng.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/24/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/07/24/5
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2815-1
Third Party Advisory