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Ubuntu Security NoticesUSN-9082-1

USN-9082-1: pngquant vulnerability

Severity not listed 0 CVEs Published Nov 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM UTC

Summary

Choi Jaeseung discovered that pngquant incorrectly handled certain PNG images, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause pngquant to crash or execute arbitrary code.

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