FKIE_CVE-2025-28162

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-27 16:16 - Updated: 2026-01-27 16:16
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Summary
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
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://gist.github.com/kittener/fbfdb9b5610c6b3db0d5dea045a07c60
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/656
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  "id": "CVE-2025-28162",
  "lastModified": "2026-01-27T16:16:14.630",
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