# CVE-2015-8126: Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png\_set\_PLTE and (2) png\_get\_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-11-13 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.

## What to do

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## References

- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00018.html
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00159.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00160.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77568
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00047.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172324.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172647.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-08
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00048.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3507
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172663.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034142
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1430
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172620.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3399
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2595.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2596.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00062.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172823.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172769.html

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