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Unscored USN-2861-1 2 CVEs

libpng vulnerabilities

Published Jan 6, 2016 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain small bit-depth
values. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into
opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8472)

Qixue Xiao and Chen Yu discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain
malformed images. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked
into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8540)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libpng 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8472
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8540