CVE-2026-22801

MEDIUM

6.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.8

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/12/2026

Last Modified1/21/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

libpng:libpng

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125CWE-190CWE-125

References

https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-vgjq-8cw5-ggw8(security-advisories@github.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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