CVE-2026-40930

Publication date 20 May 2026

Last updated 27 May 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Chunk smuggling in push-mode APNG parser via unconsumed chunk body

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpng 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
libpng1.6 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
firefox 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
thunderbird 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
chromium-browser 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

This only applies to the third-party libpng-apng patch. Per Debiam, the apng patch was applied in Debian starting with 1.6.36-2 and dropped in 1.6.37-4. Second commit below is recommended to be applied also per upstream advisory.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libpng1.6

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