diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.37.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.37.bb
index 66af2f3..2ed87a8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.37.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.37.bb
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@
 FILES_${PN}-tools = "${bindir}/png-fix-itxt ${bindir}/pngfix ${bindir}/pngcp"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+# CVE-2019-17371 is actually a memory leak in gif2png 2.x
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2019-17371"