CVE-2026-22695LIBPNG has a heap buffer over-read in png_image_read_direct_scaled (regression from CVE-2025-65018 fix)

Beschreibung

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.

Daten: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Wiedergegeben wie in der Quelle, auf Englisch.

Betroffene Produkte und Versionen

Referenzen und Patches

• https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-mmq5-27w3-rxpp ExploitThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/778 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/218612ddd6b17944e21eda56caf8b4bf7779d1ea Patch
• https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/e4f7ad4ea2 Patch