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
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Guy Eric Schalnat Andreas Dilger Glenn Randers-Pehrson
oss-projectaka libpng
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
libpng
oss-projectaka pngcheck (related tool), libpng project
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Exploitability
1 exploit source identified
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
References
https://gist.github.com/kittener/fbfdb9b5610c6b3db0d5dea045a07c60
gist.github.com
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/656
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28162
nvd.nist.gov
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