THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-7801
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-7801

Optipng vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
5.4%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Use-after-free vulnerability in OptiPNG 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.
Affected vendor
Optipng Project
Affected product
Optipng
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2016-04-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-7801

  • Confirm whether Optipng Project Optipng is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-7801.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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