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

INFO

Published Date :

2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2026-01-29T14:45:03.126Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-28162 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Libpng
  • Libpng
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-28162.

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https://gist.github.com/kittener/fbfdb9b5610c6b3db0d5dea045a07c60 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/656 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28162 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-28162 cve-icon
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