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CVE-2006-0481

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-01-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alpha strip capability in libpng 1.2.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the png_do_strip_filler function is used to strip alpha channels out of the image.

Affected Platforms

Greg Roelofs Libpng

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References