Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 2, 2026· Updated Nov 2, 2026
CVE-2026-120437
CVE-2026-120437
Description
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.
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References
6- sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/5334/nvd
- svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5333/trunk/converter/ppm/tgatoppm.cnvd
- svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5357/advanced/doc/HISTORYnvd
- svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5358/stable/doc/HISTORYnvd
- svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5371/super_stable/doc/HISTORYnvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netpbm-before-10.86.51-11.02.30-and-11.15.08-out-of-bounds-read-via-tgatoppmnvd
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