CVE-2013-6954

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 5%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

The png_do_expand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation5% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
90.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

January 12, 2014

Last Modified

April 29, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Apr 30, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
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About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/58974
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'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03092 SSRT101668 rev.1 - HP-UX running Java6, Remote Unauthorized Access, ' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
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'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03091 SSRT101667 rev.1 - HP-UX running Java7, Remote Unauthorized Access, ' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
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Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0075 - Updated libpng and libpng12 packages fix security vulnerability

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0075.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2013-6954(7)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el52014-07-29redhat
redhatjava-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.1.0-1jpp.2.el7_02014-06-10redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el6_52014-05-15redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el6_52014-05-13redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.1.el6_52014-04-17redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.75-1jpp.1.el6_52014-04-17redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2013-6954?
CVE-2013-6954 is a medium vulnerability published on January 12, 2014. The pngdoexpand_palette function in libpng before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via (1) a PLTE chunk of zero bytes or (2) a NULL palette, related to pngrtran.c and pngset.c.
When was CVE-2013-6954 disclosed?
CVE-2013-6954 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 12, 2014, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2013-6954 actively exploited?
CVE-2013-6954 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 90.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2013-6954?
CVE-2013-6954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2013-6954?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2013-6954, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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