CVE-2025-28162
MEDIUMlibpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 - Denial of Service via Buffer Overflow in pngimage
Title source: llmDescription
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
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/kittener/fbfdb9b5610c6b3db0d5dea045a07c60
Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/656
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
libpng/libpng
1.6.43 - 1.6.46
Published
Jan 27, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026