Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libpng package, versions [1.6.51,1.6.54)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBPNG-14917173
- published15 Jan 2026
- disclosed12 Jan 2026
- creditPetr Simecek, Stanislav Fort, Pavel Kohout
Introduced: 12 Jan 2026
CVE-2026-22695 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libpng to version 1.6.54 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the png_image_finish_read function when processing interlaced 16-bit PNG images with an 8-bit output format and a non-minimal row stride. An attacker can cause information disclosure or application crash by supplying specially crafted PNG files.