{"id":"CVE-2025-65018","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-65018","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:12:03.375Z","title":"From version 1.6.0 to before 1.6.51, there is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the libpng simplified API function png_image_finish_read when processing 16-bit interlaced PNGs with 8-bit output format.","description":"LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From version 1.6.0 to before 1.6.51, there is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the libpng simplified API function png_image_finish_read when processing 16-bit interlaced PNGs with 8-bit output format. Attacker-crafted interlaced PNG files cause heap writes beyond allocated buffer bounds. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.51.","published":"2025-11-25T00:15:48.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-18T20:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"affected":["libpng/libpng"],"epss":{"score":0.00278,"percentile":0.20016,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/16b5e3823918840aae65c0a6da57c78a5a496a4d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/218612ddd6b17944e21eda56caf8b4bf7779d1ea","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/755","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/757","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-7wv6-48j4-hj3g","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/755","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-7wv6-48j4-hj3g","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65018","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}