JDK-8316030 : Update Libpng to 1.6.40
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version: 7,8,11,17,21,22
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2023-09-11
  • Updated: 2025-12-02
  • Resolved: 2023-10-20
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11.0.23-oracleFixed 17.0.11-oracleFixed 21.0.2Fixed 22 b21Fixed 7u421Fixed 8u411Fixed
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JDK-8305815 - Update Libpng to 1.6.39
Description
Need to upgrade libpng from 1.6.39 to 1.6.40 as released on June 21, 2023
Comments
A pull request was submitted for review. Branch: master URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/729 Date: 2025-12-02 13:39:22 +0000
02-12-2025
Fix request [11u] I backport this for parity with 11.0.23-oracle. Clean backport. SAP nightly testing passed.
06-12-2023
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/2336 Date: 2023-12-05 05:26:18 +0000
05-12-2023
Fix request [17u] I backport this for parity with 17.0.11-oracle. One of the required updates of external libs. Clean backport. SAP nightly testing passed.
30-11-2023
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/1998 Date: 2023-11-29 15:55:15 +0000
29-11-2023
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u/pull/341 Date: 2023-11-09 00:33:16 +0000
09-11-2023
Fix request (21u) Clean backport. Update Libpng to 1.6.40, which is the latest available version. https://github.com/openjdk/jdk21u/pull/341
09-11-2023
Changeset: 158293d2 Author: Harshitha Onkar <honkar@openjdk.org> Date: 2023-10-20 17:35:21 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/158293d2517695f8c5eaca1b46ecf0f1f9f09691
20-10-2023
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16223 Date: 2023-10-17 17:27:45 +0000
17-10-2023
Latest available version v1.6.40 - https://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.40/
16-10-2023