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NTAP-20240719-0005 — CVE-2015-0973 Libpng Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-07-19 · Updated 2026-03-13 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 8.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20240719-0005 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 8.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2015-0973 — HIGH · CVSS 8.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2015-0973 — Buffer overflow in the png_read_IDAT_data function in pngrutil.c in libpng before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.16 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via IDAT data with a large width, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9495.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10 — vendor fix ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.