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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33416

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LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.2.1 through 1.6.55, `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE` each alias a heap-allocated buffer between `png_struct` and `png_info`, sharing a single allocation across two structs with independent lifetimes. The `trans_alpha` aliasing has been present since at least libpng 1.0, and the `palette` aliasing since at least 1.2.1. Both affect all prior release lines `png_set_tRNS` sets `png_ptr->trans_alpha = info_ptr->trans_alpha` (256-byte buffer) and `png_set_PLTE` sets `info_ptr->palette = png_ptr->palette` (768-byte buffer). In both cases, calling `png_free_data` (with `PNG_FREE_TRNS` or `PNG_FREE_PLTE`) frees the buffer through `info_ptr` while the corresponding `png_ptr` pointer remains dangling. Subsequent row-transform functions dereference and, in some code paths, write to the freed memory. A second call to `png_set_tRNS` or `png_set_PLTE` has the same effect, because both functions call `png_free_data` internally before reallocating the `info_ptr` buffer. Version 1.6.56 fixes the issue.

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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33416

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Security context

Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33416

libpng1.6

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Affected versions
1.6.39-2

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1.6.39-2+deb12u1

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1.6.39-2+deb12u2

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1.6.39-2+deb12u3

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Fixed versions
1.6.39-2+deb12u4

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Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

libpng1.6

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Affected versions
1.6.48-1

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1.6.48-1+deb13u1

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1.6.48-1+deb13u2

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1.6.48-1+deb13u3

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Fixed versions
1.6.48-1+deb13u4

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Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

libpng1.6

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Affected versions
1.6.48-1

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1.6.49-1~exp1

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1.6.50-1

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1.6.50-1~exp1

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1.6.51-1

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1.6.52-1

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1.6.53-1

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1.6.54-1

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1.6.55-1

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Fixed versions
1.6.56-1

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Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

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