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1Libpng 1.6.20 - December 3, 2015
2
3This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production codes.
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5Files available for download:
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7Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) and with a
8"configure" script
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10   libpng-1.6.20.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
11   libpng-1.6.20.tar.gz
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13Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
14"configure" script
15
16   /scratch/glennrp/Libpng16/lpng1620.7z  (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
17   /scratch/glennrp/Libpng16/lpng1620.zip
18
19Other information:
20
21   libpng-1.6.20-README.txt
22   libpng-1.6.20-LICENSE.txt
23   libpng-1.6.20-*.asc (armored detached GPG signatures)
24
25Changes since the last public release (1.6.19):
26  Avoid potential pointer overflow/underflow in png_handle_sPLT() and
27    png_handle_pCAL() (Bug report by John Regehr).
28  Fixed incorrect implementation of png_set_PLTE() that uses png_ptr
29    not info_ptr, that left png_set_PLTE() open to the CVE-2015-8126
30    vulnerability.
31  Backported tests from libpng-1.7.0beta69.
32  Fixed an error in handling of bad zlib CMINFO field in pngfix, found by
33    American Fuzzy Lop, reported by Brian Carpenter.  inflate() doesn't
34    immediately fault a bad CMINFO field; instead a 'too far back' error
35    happens later (at least some times).  pngfix failed to limit CMINFO to
36    the allowed values but then assumed that window_bits was in range,
37    triggering an assert. The bug is mostly harmless; the PNG file cannot
38    be fixed.
39  In libpng 1.6 zlib initialization was changed to use the window size
40    in the zlib stream, not a fixed value. This causes some invalid images,
41    where CINFO is too large, to display 'correctly' if the rest of the
42    data is valid.  This provides a workaround for zlib versions where the
43    error arises (ones that support the API change to use the window size
44    in the stream).
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