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CVE-2011-3045

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3045 is an integer signedness error in the libpng library (versions prior to 1.4.10beta01), specifically within the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c. This flaw affects products like Google Chrome (before 17.0.963.83), Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.0.963.83CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage_for_public_cloud:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0360 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

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
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libpng-2:1.2.48-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libpng-2:1.2.10-16.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libpng
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libpng10

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2011-3045Moderate

libpng: buffer overflow in png_inflate caused by invalid type conversions

Mar 8, 2012
microsoft2012-Mar/CVE-2011-3045Moderate

Integer signedness error in the png_inflate function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.4.10beta01, as used in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3026.

Mar 2, 2012

References

code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
Vendor Advisory
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
libpng.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075424.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075619.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075981.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075987.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076461.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076731.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00051.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0407.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48320
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/48485
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/48512
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/48554
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/49660
Not Applicable
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201206-15.xml
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14763
Third Party Advisory
src.chromium.org / viewvc/chrome
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2439
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Not Applicable
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry