High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2026

CVE-2026-42057

Description

An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::vtkPNGReaderUpdate2 functionality of vtk 9.6. A specially crafted .png file can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

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References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2413nvd
vtk.org/download/nvd

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