CVE-2014-0333: Libpng

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The png_push_read_chunk function in pngpread.c in the progressive decoder in libpng 1.6.x through 1.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an IDAT chunk with a length of zero.

Affected products

• Libpng Libpng: version 1.6.0 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 1.6.2 only; version 1.6.3 only; version 1.6.4 only; version 1.6.5 only; …

Published 2014-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.