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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Libpng Important Heap Buffer Overflow Vuln 2026-20378-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey March 25, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for libpng in openSUSE addresses 3 vulnerabilities and includes fixes.
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for libpng16 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-25646: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in png_set_dither/png_set_quantize (bsc#1258020)

- CVE-2025-28162: Fixed a memory leaks when running `pngimage`. (bsc#1257364)

- CVE-2025-28164: Fixed a memory leaks when running `pngimage`. (bsc#1257365)

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-396=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important libpng memory leak OpenSUSE

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

libpng16-16-1.6.44-160000.5.1

libpng16-16-x86-64-v3-1.6.44-160000.5.1

libpng16-compat-devel-1.6.44-160000.5.1

libpng16-compat-devel-x86-64-v3-1.6.44-160000.5.1

libpng16-devel-1.6.44-160000.5.1

libpng16-devel-x86-64-v3-1.6.44-160000.5.1

libpng16-tools-1.6.44-160000.5.1

References

* bsc#1257364

* bsc#1257365

* bsc#1258020

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-28162.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-28164.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25646.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20378-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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