SUSE-SU-2026:4801-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20264801-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:4801-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2026:4801-1
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-46675
Related
Published
2026-10-21T07:57:24Z
Modified
2026-10-21T20:02:15Z
Summary
Security update for libpng16
Details

This update for libpng16 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2026-46675: Use-after-free of zlib input in png_read_end after incomplete zTXt, iTXt or iCCP decompression (bsc#1283183).

Changes for libpng16:

  • version update to 1.6.59 (jsc#PED-16190):
  • Fixed a regression introduced in version 1.6.47 that caused libpng to reject hIST chunks in their correct position, after PLTE.
  • Prevented a double free of png_struct members after an allocation failure.
  • Applied fixes and updates to the CMake build.
  • Adopted the REUSE Specification for licensing the CI files.
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 / libpng16

Package

Name
libpng16
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/libpng16&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.59-15.27.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libpng16-16":  "1.6.59-15.27.1",
            "libpng16-16-32bit":  "1.6.59-15.27.1",
            "libpng16-compat-devel":  "1.6.59-15.27.1",
            "libpng16-devel":  "1.6.59-15.27.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:4801-1.json"