Back Linuxsecurity Fedora 43 mingw-libpng Critical Heap Overflow Bug 2026
[ 1 ] Bug #2438672 - CVE-2026-25646 mingw-libpng: LIBPNG has a heap buffer overflow in png_set_quantize [fedora-42] [ 2 ] Bug #2438684 - CVE-2026-25646 mingw-libpng: LIBPNG has a heap buffer overflow in png_set_quantize [fedora-43]
[ 1 ] Bug #2438672 - CVE-2026-25646 mingw-libpng: LIBPNG has a heap buffer overflow in png_set_quantize [fedora-42] [ 2 ] Bug #2438684 - CVE-2026-25646 mingw-libpng: LIBPNG has a heap buffer overflow in png_set_quantize [fedora-43]
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-dba3079676' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-dba3079676' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
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