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CVE-2025-11679

Out-of-bounds Read in libwebsockets PNG parsing

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fix or patch referenced
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Out-of-bounds Read in lws_upng_emit_next_line in warmcat libwebsockets allows, when the LWS_WITH_UPNG flag is enabled during compilation and the HTML display stack is used, to read past a heap allocated buffer possibly causing a crash, when the user visits an attacker controlled website that contains a crafted PNG file with a big height dimension.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • warmcat libwebsockets

    From 4.0 · through 4.4.2; From 4.0 · through 4.3.6

References 2

libwebsockets.org

nozominetworks.com