Summary
It was discovered that the libpng simplified API incorrectly processed
palette PNG images with partial transparency and gamma correction. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG
file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-66293)
Petr Simecek, Stanislav Fort and Pavel Kohout discovered that the libpng
simplified API incorrectly processed interlaced 16-bit PNGs with 8-bit
output format and non-minimal row strides. If a user or automated system
were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could
use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-22695)
Cosmin Truta discovered that the libpng simplified API incorrectly handled
invalid row strides. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to
cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-22801)
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | libpng1.6 | 1.6.37-3ubuntu0.3 |
| Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS | libpng1.6 | 1.6.43-5ubuntu0.3 |
| Ubuntu · 25.10 | libpng1.6 | 1.6.50-1ubuntu0.3 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 7.1
LIBPNG has an out-of-bounds read in png_image_read_composite
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. Prior to 1.6.52, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libpng's simplified API allows reading up to 1012 bytes beyond …
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Medium 6.8
LIBPNG has an integer truncation causing heap buffer over-read in png_image_write_*
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From 1.6.26 to 1.6.53, there is an integer truncation in the libpng simplified write API functions png_write_image_16bi…
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Medium 6.1
LIBPNG has a heap buffer over-read in png_image_read_direct_scaled (regression from CVE-2025-65018 fix)
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From 1.6.51 to 1.6.53, there is a heap buffer over-read in the libpng simplified API function png_image_finish_read whe…