Security advisory

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  "id": "7408032bf38ba97d051127ebbd2083846f0a9c2d7d2ff49ffec7287e731daaf9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-28162",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-28162",
    "summary": "Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the pngimage with AddressSanitizer (ASan), the program leaks memory in various locations, eventually leading to high memory usage and causing the program to become unresponsive",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-28162",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-28162",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-28162"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/clearlinux-pkgs/libpng",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "1.6.43"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "1.6.46"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.6.46-86",
            "1.6.45-85",
            "1.6.44-84",
            "1.6.43-83"
          ],
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          }
        },
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
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              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libpng:libpng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.6.43"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.6.46"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.6.46",
            "v1.6.45",
            "v1.6.44",
            "v1.6.43"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-28162.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:21.415198872Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gist.github.com/kittener/fbfdb9b5610c6b3db0d5dea045a07c60",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/28xxx/CVE-2025-28162.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28162",
        "https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/656"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/28xxx/CVE-2025-28162.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-28162",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 487796,
  "published_at": "2026-01-27T00:00:00+00:00"
}