CVE 7.1 HIGH

LIBPNG is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in `png_combine_row` triggered via `png_image_finish_read`_CVE-2025-65018

7.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From version 1.6.0 to before 1.6.51, there is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the libpng simplified API function png_image_finish_read when processing 16-bit interlaced PNGs with 8-bit output format. Attacker-crafted interlaced PNG files cause heap writes beyond allocated buffer bounds. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.51.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-65018
Source GitHub_M
Published Nov 24, 2025 at 23:50

Affected Product

Vendor pnggroup
Product libpng
Version >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.51
Affected Versions pnggroup libpng >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.51

CWE Classification

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