LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. Prior to version 1.6.51, a heap buffer over-read vulnerability exists in libpng's png_do_quantize function when processing PNG files with malformed palette indices. The vulnerability occurs when palette_lookup array bounds are not validated against externally-supplied image data, allowing an attacker to craft a PNG file with out-of-range palette indices that trigger out-of-bounds memory access. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.51.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/6a528eb5fd0dd7f6de1c39d30de0e41473431c37 Patch
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-4952-h5wq-4m42 Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.1 · libpngNVD modified 2026-10-18 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
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