Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0728

Description

Buffer overflow in the progressive reader for libpng 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.0.x before 1.0.14, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PNG data stream that has more IDAT data than indicated by the IHDR chunk.

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Affected products

Pnggroup/Libpng2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Libpng/Libpngllm-fuzzy
Range: 1.0.x <1.0.14 / 1.2.x <1.2.4

Patches

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References

swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png-group/archives/png-list.200207nvdVendor Advisory
distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-152.htmlnvd
www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-140nvd
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-049.phpnvd

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