CVE•Published 2015-11-13•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2015-8126Libpng · Libpng
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.
Timeline
Published 2015-11-13
Modified 2026-10-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag37 hosts
vuln:CVE-2015-8126Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Libpng Libpng"All exposed Libpng Libpng instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Libpng"HTTP body or banner mentions "Libpng" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2015-8126Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2015-8126Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2015-8126Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2015-8126GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2015-8126" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.