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.
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Fixes

Solution

Update the library to its latest stable release, if not possible backport the fix commit 7df24cca7144d7bc9233b6b0a71108bd154ce101


Workaround

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History

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Low


Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Out-of-bounds Read in libwebsockets PNG parsing
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Nozomi

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-20T14:03:41.592Z

Reserved: 2025-10-13T09:56:49.533Z

Link: CVE-2025-11679

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-20T14:03:20.604Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-20T14:15:40.353

Modified: 2025-10-20T14:15:40.353

Link: CVE-2025-11679

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-10-20T13:58:31Z

Links: CVE-2025-11679 - Bugzilla

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