CVE-2025-66293

CVE-2025-66293 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libpng versions prior to 1.6.52, affecting applications that process PNG images. This flaw allows reading up to 1012 bytes beyond an array when handling valid PNG files with partial transparency and gamma correction. Rated 7.1 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high availability impact and low confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has garnered some community discussion.