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🛡️ CVE-2025-28162 on Debian 12 (Root.io) — rootio-libpng1.6

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

CVE-2025-28162 in rootio-libpng1.6 - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2025-28162 in the rootio-libpng1.6 package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-28162 as tracked by Debian 12 (Root.io), for the package rootio-libpng1.6. The fix is available in version 1.6.39-2+deb12u1.root.io.18; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-28162 is classified as CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without a length check, overwriting memory past the end of it.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-28162 is recorded against 1 package.

  • rootio-libpng1.6 (fixed in 1.6.39-2+deb12u1.root.io.18)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 April 2026 and last revised on 10 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2025-28162 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
rootio-libpng1.6 — 1.6.39-2+deb12u1.root.io.18

References

N/A

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