CVE-2002-0728

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.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0728 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0728

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.54% 2.09% +1.55%
2 2025-03-30 0.61% 0.54% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.61% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0728

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0728

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-0728

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0728

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0728

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
greg_roelofs libpng 1.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
greg_roelofs libpng 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0728

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