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libpng 1.6.51 - November 21, 2025
This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production code.
Files available for download
Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux):
- libpng-1.6.51.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
- libpng-1.6.51.tar.gz (deflate-compressed)
Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows):
- lpng1651.7z (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
- lpng1651.zip (deflate-compressed)
Other information:
Changes from version 1.6.50 to version 1.6.51
- Fixed CVE-2025-64505 (moderate severity):
Heap buffer overflow in
png_do_quantizevia malformed palette index. (Reported by Samsung; analyzed by Fabio Gritti.) - Fixed CVE-2025-64506 (moderate severity):
Heap buffer over-read in
png_write_image_8bitwith 8-bit input andconvert_to_8bitenabled. (Reported by Samsung and weijinjinnihao@users.noreply.github.com; analyzed by Fabio Gritti.) - Fixed CVE-2025-64720 (high severity):
Buffer overflow in
png_image_read_compositevia incorrect palette premultiplication. (Reported by Samsung; analyzed by John Bowler.) - Fixed CVE-2025-65018 (high severity):
Heap buffer overflow in
png_combine_rowtriggered viapng_image_finish_read. (Reported by yosiimich@users.noreply.github.com.) - Fixed a memory leak in
png_set_quantize. (Reported by Samsung; analyzed by Fabio Gritti.) - Removed the experimental and incomplete ERROR_NUMBERS code. (Contributed by Tobias Stoeckmann.)
- Improved the RISC-V vector extension support; required RVV 1.0 or newer. (Contributed by Filip Wasil.)
- Added GitHub Actions workflows for automated testing.
- Performed various refactorings and cleanups.
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