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CVE-2026-120437 json

Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.02.30, and 11.15.08 Out-of-Bounds Read via tgatoppm

published 7d ago modified 7d ago also EUVD-2026-115197

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.x before 11.02.30, and 11.03 before 11.15.08 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the tgatoppm converter's get_pixel() function that uses unchecked pixel values as color map indexes. Attackers can supply a crafted color-mapped Targa file whose pixel values exceed the declared color map bounds to crash the converter or leak adjacent memory into the output image.

Patch / fix

  • Netpbm Netpbm 10.86.51, 11.02.30, 11.15.08
  • netpbm openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.16.1-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12463-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-120437 updated cvss 6.1

netpbm: netpbm: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in tgatoppm

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 netpbm-progs, netpbm 11.09.00-1.el10
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 netpbm-progs, netpbm 11.09.00-1.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 netpbm-progs, netpbm 11.09.00-1.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 netpbm-progs, netpbm 11.09.00-1.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 netpbm 11.09.00-1.el10
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7d ago

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Netpbm Netpbm

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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