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
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.4
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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