CVE-2026-112276

Netpbm through 11.16.00 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via rasttopnm Colormap

Published Oct 19, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Netpbm through 11.16.00 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in rasttopnm that allows attackers to read heap memory by supplying Sun rasterfiles with short colormaps. Attackers can craft colormapped rasterfiles with pixel bytes exceeding the palette length to leak up to 255 adjacent heap bytes into the PNM output or crash the program.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Netpbm
Netpbm netpbm
Vendors & Products Netpbm
Netpbm netpbm
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Description Netpbm through 11.16.00 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in rasttopnm that allows attackers to read heap memory by supplying Sun rasterfiles with short colormaps. Attackers can craft colormapped rasterfiles with pixel bytes exceeding the palette length to leak up to 255 adjacent heap bytes into the PNM output or crash the program.
Title Netpbm through 11.16.00 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via rasttopnm Colormap
First Time appeared Netpbm Project
Netpbm Project netpbm
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:netpbm_project:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Netpbm Project
Netpbm Project netpbm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 19, 2026, 2:13 PM
Reserved
Oct 19, 2026, 1:25 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 19, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Oct 19, 2026, 9:14 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 19, 2026, 1:55 PM