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UBUNTU-CVE-2025-64505 (CVE-2025-64505)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-11-25 00:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:56 – Source website

Details

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.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-64505	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64505	REPORT
	https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advis…	REPORT
	https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/748	REPORT
	https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/6a528eb…	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7924-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8081-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2025-64505 (GCVE-0-2025-64505)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-24 23:38 – Updated: 2025-11-25 18:55

Title

LIBPNG is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in `png_do_quantize` via malformed palette index

Summary

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-11-25 18:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/748	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/6a528eb…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
pnggroup	libpng	Affected: < 1.6.51

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USN-7924-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2025-64505)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-12-11 05:26 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:47 – Source website

Summary

libpng1.6 vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when processing certain PNG files, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-64505)

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when processing 8-bit images through the simplified write API with 'convert_to_8bit' enabled, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted 8-bit PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-64506)

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when processing palette images with 'PNG_FLAG_OPTIMIZE_ALPHA' enabled, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-64720)

It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when processing 6-bit interlaced PNGs with 8-bit output format, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-65018)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7924-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-64505	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-64506	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-64720	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-65018	REPORT

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USN-8081-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2025-64505)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-03-11 09:10 – Updated: 2026-09-11 12:08 – Source website

Summary

libpng vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that libpng did not properly handle memory when processing certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-64505)

Joshua Inscoe discovered that libpng did not properly handle memory when processing certain PNG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, disclose sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-25646)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8081-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-64505	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-25646	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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