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The latest Libpng coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2026-33416: Critical libpng Use-After-Free Vulnerability Patched in Version 1.6.56
Microsoft has issued a security alert for CVE-2026-33416, a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the widely deployed libpng image library. The flaw affects versions prior to 1.6.56 and has been...
CVE-2026-3713: Critical Heap Overflow Vulnerability in libpng's pnm2png Tool
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the libpng project—tracked as CVE-2026-3713—allows a specially crafted PNM image to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in the library's pnm2png utility. This...
CVE-2026-22801: Libpng Stride Bug Threatens Windows Apps with DoS Attacks
A critical vulnerability in the widely-used libpng image processing library has been disclosed, posing significant risks to countless Windows applications that rely on PNG image handling. Tracked as...
Critical libpng Vulnerability CVE-2025-66293 Patched: What Windows Users Need to Know
The libpng development team has released an urgent security patch addressing a high-severity vulnerability that could affect millions of Windows systems and applications. CVE-2025-66293, an...
CVE-2025-64506: libpng Memory Flaw Hits Windows Apps – Patch Now
A heap buffer over-read in the libpng library has been fixed, but the patch won’t reach most Windows users automatically. Tracked as CVE-2025-64506, the bug can crash applications that create PNG...
Update libpng Now: Patch 1.6.51 Prevents Malicious PNGs from Crashing Windows Apps
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the libpng image library—tracked as CVE-2025-64505—lets attackers craft PNG files that crash applications or leak heap memory, and the fix is libpng version...