VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-28162
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…
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.14%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 4th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- libpng/libpng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gist.github.com/kittener/fbfdb9b5610c6b3db0d5dea045a07c60Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/656Exploit, Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.