The png_handle_iCCP function in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain PNG image that triggers a null dereference.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0598 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.15%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 32.41% | 6.15% | -26.26% |
| 2 | 2026-04-10 | 31.35% | 32.41% | +1.06% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 31.35% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0598 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2004-0598 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libpng, libpng3), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 5, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0598 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| greg_roelofs | libpng | <= 1.2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |