Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-74 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – https://security.gentoo.org/ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Severity: Normal Title: libpng: Remote execution of arbitrary code Date: January 29, 2017 Bugs: #604082 ID: 201701-74 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Synopsis ======== A null pointer dereference in libpng might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Background ========== libpng is a standard library used to process PNG images.