Ubuntu libpng Vulnerabilities Lead to Denial of Service Risk
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Vulnerabilities in the libpng simplified API were discovered, affecting the processing of palette PNG images with partial transparency and gamma correction. If exploited, an attacker could cause libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service for users or automated systems. The issues were identified by researchers Petr Simecek, Stanislav Fort, and Pavel Kohout.
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