What is CVE-2022-35013?

CVE-2022-35013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pngdec Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-35013?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-35013 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Pngdec Project

CVE-2022-35013

PNGDec commit 8abf6be was discovered to contain a FPE via SaveBMP at /linux/main.cpp.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2022-08-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Pngdec Project — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/bitbank2/PNGdec/issues/10 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35013?: CVE-2022-35013 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pngdec Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-35013?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-35013 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.