CVE-2011-3328

Exp

The png_handle_cHRM function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.5.4, when color-correction support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a malformed PNG image containing a cHRM chunk associated with a certain zero value.

Published: 2012-01-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-3328 is rated Exploit Available (52.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.77%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-3328

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3328

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 7.77% 3.77% -3.99%
2 2025-12-07 11.43% 7.77% -3.66%
3 2025-08-14 — 11.43% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3328

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3328

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-3328

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3328
suse low CVE-2011-3328 severity low: SUSE including 42 source package names (libpng15, libpng15-15, …), 107 product×package rows across 41 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (41 product lines)): Fixed 76, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3328/
ubuntu low CVE-2011-3328 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libpng), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3328

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3328

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
greg_roelofs libpng 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:greg_roelofs:libpng:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3328

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