CVE-2025-64720
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. From version 1.6.0 to before 1.6.51, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in png_image_read_composite when processing palette images with PNG_FLAG_OPTIMIZE_ALPHA enabled. The palette compositing code in png_init_read_transformations incorrectly applies background compositing during premultiplication, violating the invariant component ≤ alpha × 257 required by the simplified PNG API. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.51.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-125
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- libpng:libpng
References
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/commit/08da33b4c88cfcd36e5a706558a8d7e0e4773643
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/686
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/pull/751
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-hfc7-ph9c-wcww
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/security/advisories/GHSA-hfc7-ph9c-wcww