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Unscored USN-9082-1 1 CVE

pngquant vulnerability

Published Nov 12, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Summary

Choi Jaeseung discovered that pngquant incorrectly handled certain PNG
images, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause pngquant to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS pngquant 2.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5735