Critical Vulnerabilities in libpng Affect Fedora 42 and 43

Critical Vulnerabilities in libpng Affect Fedora 42 and 43

First seen 10 Jan 2026, 10:51 UTC Linuxsecurity 84% similarity 54.7

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Fedora 42 and 43 have identified critical vulnerabilities in the libpng package, which is essential for handling PNG image files. The vulnerabilities include a buffer overflow and a high-severity out-of-bounds read (CVE-2025-66293) in png_image_read_composite, necessitating immediate updates for affected users.

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