CVE-2026-22695

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Description

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.

References

https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-mmq5-27w3-rxpp

https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/778

https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/e4f7ad4ea2

https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/218612ddd6b17944e21eda56caf8b4bf7779d1ea

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-12

Updated: 2026-01-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012