CVE-2026-120435
Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.x before 11.02.30, and 11.03 before 11.15.08 contains a heap buffer…
- Risk score
- 47/100
- CVSS
- 7.8 v3.1
- Published
- 2 Nov 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.x before 11.02.30, and 11.03 before 11.15.08 contains a heap buffer overflow in xpmtoppm caused by an unvalidated characters-per-pixel value in the XPM header. Attackers can supply a crafted XPM file with characters-per-pixel greater than 3 to overrun fixed 3-byte colorName hash entries, cau…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 10.86.51, 11.02.30, 11.03 or 11.15.08 (whichever matches your release line), or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.8 high
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/5336/
- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5335/trunk/converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c
- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5357/advanced/doc/HISTORY
- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5358/stable/doc/HISTORY
- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5371/super_stable/doc/HISTORY
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netpbm-before-10.86.51-11.02.30-and-11.15.08-heap-overflow-in-xpmtoppm
Original description
Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.x before 11.02.30, and 11.03 before 11.15.08 contains a heap buffer overflow in xpmtoppm caused by an unvalidated characters-per-pixel value in the XPM header. Attackers can supply a crafted XPM file with characters-per-pixel greater than 3 to overrun fixed 3-byte colorName hash entries, causing crashes or potentially code execution.
Last activity 2 Nov 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.