CVE-2025-28164

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Description

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.

References

https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/655

https://gist.github.com/kittener/506516f8c22178005b4379c8b2a7de20

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-27

Updated: 2026-01-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018