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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.4 Medium

CVE-2026-40930

LIBPNG: Chunk smuggling in push-mode APNG parser via unconsumed chunk body

Description

LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that process PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In version 1.8.0, three inter-frame chunk discard paths in the push-mode APNG parser clear the chunk-header flag without consuming the chunk body and CRC, allowing attacker-controlled bytes inside an ignored ancillary chunk to be reinterpreted as a fresh chunk header on the next call to `png_process_data`. Commit faf06924688b62d7c1654b5ceddedbde66ffadb4 fixes the issue.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

pnggroup libpng

  • = 1.8.0affected

pnggroup libpng-apng

  • >= 1.6.49, <= 1.6.57affected

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