Netpbm through 11.16.00 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the rasttopnm Sun rasterfile run-length decoder pr_load_image in converter/other/rast.c. Attackers can supply a byte-encoded rasterfile with tiny dimensions and a long run-length body to write controlled bytes past md_image, causing memory corruption and crashes.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 2
- StatusReceived → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:14
- First seenCVSS 6.9NVD modified 2026-10-19 17:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/netpbm-sunraster-rle-oob-write-palette-oob-read
- https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/5400/tree/advanced/converter/other/rast.c
- https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/5400/tree/super_stable/converter/other/rast.c
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netpbm-through-11.16.00-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-rasttopnm-pr-load-image