Is CVE-2010-0205 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2010-0205 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2010-0205?

CVE-2010-0205 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2010-0205?

CVE-2010-0205 has an EPSS score of 4.21% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0205?

Upgrade libpng to 1.4.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2010-0205

MEDIUMEPSS 90th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The png_decompress_chunk function in pngrutil.c in libpng 1.0.x before 1.0.53, 1.2.x before 1.2.43, and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 does not properly handle compressed ancillary-chunk data that has a disproportionately large uncompressed representation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption, and application hang) via a crafted PNG file, as demonstrated by use of the deflate compression method on data composed of many occurrences of the same character, related to a "decompression bomb" attack.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

libpngNVD

Affected:>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.1Fixed in:1.4.1CVE-2010-0205derived from NVD

mac os xNVD

Affected:< 10.6.5Fixed in:10.6.5CVE-2010-0205derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.