Bug 2445670

Summary: CVE-2026-3713 pngcheck: libpng: Heap-based buffer overflow in pnm2png allows information disclosure and denial of service [epel-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component: pngcheckAssignee: Ben Beasley <code>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: epel10CC: code
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["a6a318f5-ce69-4bdf-a1bf-72bef78531ad"]}
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Bug Blocks: 2173769, 2445566    

Description Sandipan Roy 2026-03-09 05:12:56 UTC
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Comment 1 Ben Beasley 2026-03-09 06:28:10 UTC
This package does not bundle code from libpng or even link it. As far as I can tell, the bug was filed because the description of the extras subpackage *mentions* libpng. That is silly.