CVE-2019-7317

A vulnerability was found in libpng where a use-after-free issue exists in the png_image_free function within png.c. This vulnerability can be exploited by persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

In general, this flaw cannot be exploited through email in Thunderbird because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but it is potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts.

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