Netpbm up to 10.86.50/11.02.29/11.15.7 TgaToPpm Converter get_pixel out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Netpbm up to 10.86.50/11.02.29/11.15.7. This issue affects the function get_pixel of the component TgaToPpm Converter. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-120437. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Netpbm up to 10.86.50/11.02.29/11.15.7. This issue affects the function get_pixel of the component TgaToPpm Converter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at sourceforge.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-120437 since 11/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 10.86.51, 11.02.30 or 11.15.08 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Netpbm

Version

• 10.86.0
• 10.86.1
• 10.86.2
• 10.86.3
• 10.86.4
• 10.86.5
• 10.86.6
• 10.86.7
• 10.86.8
• 10.86.9
• 10.86.10
• 10.86.11
• 10.86.12
• 10.86.13
• 10.86.14
• 10.86.15
• 10.86.16
• 10.86.17
• 10.86.18
• 10.86.19
• 10.86.20
• 10.86.21
• 10.86.22
• 10.86.23
• 10.86.24
• 10.86.25
• 10.86.26
• 10.86.27
• 10.86.28
• 10.86.29
• 10.86.30
• 10.86.31
• 10.86.32
• 10.86.33
• 10.86.34
• 10.86.35
• 10.86.36
• 10.86.37
• 10.86.38
• 10.86.39
• 10.86.40
• 10.86.41
• 10.86.42
• 10.86.43
• 10.86.44
• 10.86.45
• 10.86.46
• 10.86.47
• 10.86.48
• 10.86.49
• 10.86.50
• 11.02.0
• 11.02.1
• 11.02.2
• 11.02.3
• 11.02.4
• 11.02.5
• 11.02.6
• 11.02.7
• 11.02.8
• 11.02.9
• 11.02.10
• 11.02.11
• 11.02.12
• 11.02.13
• 11.02.14
• 11.02.15
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• 11.02.18
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• 11.02.20
• 11.02.21
• 11.02.22
• 11.02.23
• 11.02.24
• 11.02.25
• 11.02.26
• 11.02.27
• 11.02.28
• 11.02.29
• 11.15.0
• 11.15.1
• 11.15.2
• 11.15.3
• 11.15.4
• 11.15.5
• 11.15.6
• 11.15.7

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