FKIE_CVE-2026-22695

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-12 23:15 - Updated: 2026-01-21 18:58
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
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 when processing interlaced 16-bit PNGs with 8-bit output format and non-minimal row stride. This is a regression introduced by the fix for CVE-2025-65018. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.54.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/218612ddd6b17944e21eda56caf8b4bf7779d1eaPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/e4f7ad4ea2Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/778Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-mmq5-27w3-rxppExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libpng libpng *
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