What is CVE-2015-7700?

CVE-2015-7700 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pngcrush Project, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2015-7700?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-7700 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Double Free in Pngcrush Project

CVE-2015-7700

Double-free vulnerability in the sPLT chunk structure and png.c in pngcrush before 1.7.87 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.022 (80.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pngcrush_project Pngcrush
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7700?: CVE-2015-7700 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pngcrush Project, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2015-7700?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-7700 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.