ubuntu-cve-2025-28164
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-01-27 16:16
Modified
2026-04-22 07:54
Summary
Details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via png_create_read_struct() function.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpng-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.6.43-5ubuntu0.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpng16-16t64",
            "binary_version": "1.6.43-5ubuntu0.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "libpng1.6",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpng1.6@1.6.43-5ubuntu0.4?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.43-5ubuntu0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.6.40-1",
        "1.6.40-2",
        "1.6.40-3",
        "1.6.42-1",
        "1.6.43-1",
        "1.6.43-3",
        "1.6.43-5build1",
        "1.6.43-5ubuntu0.1",
        "1.6.43-5ubuntu0.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via png_create_read_struct() function.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-28164",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:54:09Z",
  "published": "2026-01-27T16:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-28164"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-28164"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/657"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/kittener/506516f8c22178005b4379c8b2a7de20"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7993-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-7993-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-28164"
  ]
}



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