CVE-2026-40930
Public on 2026-05-19
Modified on 2026-05-19
Description
Three inter-frame chunk discard paths in the push-mode APNG parser clear the chunk-header flag without consuming the chunk body and CRC, allowing attacker-controlled bytes inside an ignored ancillary chunk to be reinterpreted as a fresh chunk header on the next call to png_process_data
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra | firefox | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | firefox | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | libpng | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | libpng | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | libpng12 | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | thunderbird | Pending Fix |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |