CVE catalog

CVE-2016-5735

pngquant: CVE-2016-5735

[CVE catalog]

Severity
High · CVSS 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.80% · Oct 25, 2026

Integer overflow in the rwpng_read_image24_libpng function in rwpng.c in pngquant 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted PNG file, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianpngquantsid2.18.0-1fixed
Debianpngquantforky2.18.0-1fixed
Debianpngquanttrixie2.18.0-1fixed
Debianpngquantbookworm2.17.0-1fixed
Ubuntupngquant16.042.5.0-1vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianpngquantsourcesid2.5.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[863469]
Debianpngquantsourceforky2.5.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[863469]
Debianpngquantsourcetrixie2.5.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[863469]
Debianpngquantsourcebookworm2.5.0-2not yet assignedNot reported[863469]

[Debian bug #863469]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [pngquant]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 2.17.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.0-2

      dsa · pngquant · debian · bookworm; dsa · pngquant · debian · 12

    • 2.17.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.0-2

      dsa · pngquant · debian · bookworm; dsa · pngquant · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [pngquant]Fixed

    Source package: [pngquant]

    Details (2)

    • 2.18.0-1+b1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.0-2

      dsa · pngquant · debian · 13

    • 2.18.0-1+b2 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.0-2

      dsa · pngquant · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]