CVE-2019-6129

medium

Published 2019-01-11 · Modified 2026-05-28

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

png_create_info_struct in png.c in libpng 1.6.36 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by pngcp. NOTE: a third party has stated "I don't think it is libpng's job to free this buffer.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.6.39-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.6.39-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.6.39-1`
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Fixed	`1.6.39-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libpng	libpng	`1.6.36`

References

CWEs

CWE-401

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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