5.5Medium
CVE-2025-28162
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the pngimage with AddressSanitizer (ASan), the program leaks memory in various locations, eventually leading to high memory usage and causing the program to become unresponsive
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-120
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
References and patches
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/656 ExploitIssue Tracking
- https://gist.github.com/kittener/fbfdb9b5610c6b3db0d5dea045a07c60 Third Party Advisory
CPE matches (NVD) (1)
cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 1.6.43 ≤ 1.6.46