CVE-2026-112276
Netpbm through 11.16.00 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via rasttopnm Colormap
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
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.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
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Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.9 | 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 |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium6.9 | 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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
References (6)
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/netpbm-sunraster-rle-oob-write-palette-oob-read (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/5400/tree/advanced/converter/other/rasttopnm.c (opens in a new tab)technical-description
- https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/5400/tree/advanced/converter/other/rast.c (opens in a new tab)technical-description
- https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/ (opens in a new tab)product
- VulnCheck Advisory: Netpbm through 11.16.00 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via rasttopnm Colormap (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/cve-2026-112275-112276-netpbm-sunraster-rle-oob-write-palette-oob-read (opens in a new tab)exploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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