Is CVE-2025-28164 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-28164 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-28164?

CVE-2025-28164 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-28164?

CVE-2025-28164 has an EPSS score of 0.14% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-28164?

Upgrade libpng1.6 on debian 13 to 1.6.47-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-28164

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libpng 1.6.43-1.6.46 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via png_create_read_struct() function.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

libpng1.6Debian

Fixed in:1.6.47-1CVE-2025-28164

libpng1.6Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.6.43-5ubuntu0.4USN-7993-1

libpng16-16t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.6.43-5ubuntu0.4USN-7993-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

gist.github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-03-04.