CVE-2025-66293
HIGH7.1EPSS 0.14%Published: 12/3/2025Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. Prior to 1.6.52, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libpng's simplified API allows reading up to 1012 bytes beyond the png_sRGB_base[512] array when processing valid palette PNG images with partial transparency and gamma correction. The PNG files that trigger this vulnerability are valid per the PNG specification; the bug is in libpng's internal state management. Upgrade to libpng 1.6.52 or later.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/libpngfrom 0, < 1.6.53-r0
- Debian/libpng1.6from 0, < 1.6.37-3+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |