Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libpng-dev package, versions <1.6.54-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LIBPNGDEV-14954886
  • published15 Jan 2026
  • disclosed12 Jan 2026

Introduced: 12 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22801  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest libpng-dev to version 1.6.54-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng-dev package and not the libpng-dev package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From 1.6.26 to 1.6.53, there is an integer truncation in the libpng simplified write API functions png_write_image_16bit and png_write_image_8bit causes heap buffer over-read when the caller provides a negative row stride (for bottom-up image layouts) or a stride exceeding 65535 bytes. The bug was introduced in libpng 1.6.26 (October 2016) by casts added to silence compiler warnings on 16-bit systems. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.54.

CVSS Base Scores

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