CVE-2013-6954 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libpng versions prior to 1.6.8. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash applications by exploiting a NULL pointer dereference, specifically through malformed PLTE chunks or NULL palettes. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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