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Medium USN-3712-1 2 CVEs

libpng, libpng1.6 vulnerabilities

Published Jul 11, 2018 · Updated Jun 1, 2026

Summary

Patrick Keshishian discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10087)

Thuan Pham discovered that libpng incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-13785)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libpng 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.3
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libpng 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS libpng1.6 1.6.34-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10087
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13785