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CVE-2013-7353

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7353 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the png_set_unknown_chunks function within libpng versions prior to 1.5.14beta08. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) when processing a specially crafted image. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), primarily impacting availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion has been identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.5.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.5.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-7353Moderate

libpng: integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in png_set_unknown_chunks()

Apr 11, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00015.html
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q2/83
sourceforge.net / p/libpng/bugs/199
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/67345