Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the pngimage with AddressSanitizer (ASan), the program leaks memory in various locations, eventually leading to high memory usage and causing the program to become unresponsive
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Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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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 the pngimage with AddressSanitizer (ASan), the program leaks memory in various locations, eventually leading to high memory usage and causing the program to become unresponsive
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-27T15:49:47.958Z

Reserved: 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-28162

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-27T16:16:14.630

Modified: 2026-01-27T16:16:14.630

Link: CVE-2025-28162

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