CVE-2025-28162 Affecting libpng16-compat-devel package, versions <1.6.34-150000.3.19.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBPNG16COMPATDEVEL-15338199
  • published24 Feb 2026
  • disclosed23 Feb 2026

Introduced: 23 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-28162  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libpng16-compat-devel to version 1.6.34-150000.3.19.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpng16-compat-devel package and not the libpng16-compat-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1