High severity · published Jul 11, 2016
CVE-2016-3751
Unspecified vulnerability in libpng before 1.6.20, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01, allows attackers to gain…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in libpng before 1.6.20, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01, allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 23265085.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
4.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; 4.0.4; 4.1; +16 more · source: NVD
LI
Libpng · Libpng
through 1.6.19 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3751
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3751
Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/4
android.googlesource.com
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libpng/+/9d4853418ab2f754c2b63e091c29c5529b8b86ca
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240719-0004/
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