Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libpng16-compat-devel package, versions <1.6.44-160000.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-LIBPNG16COMPATDEVEL-15014027
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed12 Jan 2026

Introduced: 12 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-64505  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 libpng16-compat-devel to version 1.6.44-160000.3.1 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:16.0.0 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. Prior to version 1.6.51, a heap buffer over-read vulnerability exists in libpng's png_do_quantize function when processing PNG files with malformed palette indices. The vulnerability occurs when palette_lookup array bounds are not validated against externally-supplied image data, allowing an attacker to craft a PNG file with out-of-range palette indices that trigger out-of-bounds memory access. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.51.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1