CVE-2026-120437
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-02 15:17:25.603000
Last modified
2026-11-02 16:17:32.503000
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