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CVE-2007-5268

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5268 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libpng versions prior to 1.0.29 and 1.2.21, affecting products like Canonical's libpng and Ubuntu Linux. The flaw stems from incorrect logical operations and comparisons within the pngrtran.c file, allowing a remote attacker to crash an application by providing a specially crafted PNG image. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.2.0, < 1.2.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0309 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5268Moderate

libpng possible DoS / crash

Sep 11, 2007

References

android-developers.blogspot.com / 2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Third Party Advisory
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27093
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27284
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27405
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27529
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27629
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27746
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29420
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30161
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30430
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35302
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35386
Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1814
Broken Link
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / mailarchive/forum.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / mailarchive/message.php
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / mailarchive/message.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-208.htm
Third Party Advisory
coresecurity.com
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-08.xml
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/483582/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/25956
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-538-1
Third Party Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3390
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1697
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1462
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1560
Third Party Advisory