CVE-2019-6129

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-6129 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the png_create_info_struct function within libpng version 1.6.36. This flaw, demonstrated by the pngcp utility, could lead to a denial of service due to resource exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger the vulnerability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		1.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:1.6.36:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.39%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

69.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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-2019-6129Low

libpng: memory leak of png_info struct in pngcp.c

Jan 11, 2019

References

github.com / glennrp/libpng/issues/269

ExploitThird Party Advisory

oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html