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Re: libpng 1.6.59: Use-after-free vulnerability fixed: CVE-2026-46675

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Follow-up asks where the official libpng 1.6.59 tarball is after the CVE-2026-46675 fix.

An oss-security reply discusses distribution of libpng 1.6.59, which the thread title says fixes use-after-free CVE-2026-46675. The poster reports that the SourceForge libpng16 files area and the download site linked from the README do not offer a 1.6.59 tarball. They ask whether an official tarball is planned or whether GitHub autogenerated archives will be used.

Key facts
  • libpng 1.6.59 is said to fix use-after-free CVE-2026-46675.
  • The SourceForge libpng16 listing has no 1.6.59 release.
  • The poster asks about official tarballs versus GitHub-generated archives.
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CVE-2026-46675
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From the original article

Posted by Sam James on Sep 29 Cosmin Truta writes: https://sourceforge. net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/ has no 1. 6.

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