Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2025· Updated Nov 25, 2025
LIBPNG is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in `png_combine_row` triggered via `png_image_finish_read`
CVE-2025-65018
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.
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References
5- github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/16b5e3823918840aae65c0a6da57c78a5a496a4dmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/218612ddd6b17944e21eda56caf8b4bf7779d1eamitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/755mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/757mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-7wv6-48j4-hj3gmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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