# CVE-2026-120437: Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.02.30, and 11.15.08 Out-of-Bounds Read via tgatoppm

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-02. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Netpbm / Netpbm: ≥ 0; < 10.86.51 (affected, custom); ≥ 11.0; < 11.02.30 (affected, custom); ≥ 11.03; < 11.15.08 (affected, custom). Source: CNA: VulnCheck

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 6.9 (medium); 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; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CVSS 3.1: 6.1 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H; source: CNA: VulnCheck

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-125

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://sourceforge.net/p/netpbm/code/5334/ (CNA: VulnCheck; patch)

- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5358/stable/doc/HISTORY (CNA: VulnCheck; release-notes)

- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5357/advanced/doc/HISTORY (CNA: VulnCheck; release-notes)

- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5371/super_stable/doc/HISTORY (CNA: VulnCheck; release-notes)

- https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/!svn/bc/5333/trunk/converter/ppm/tgatoppm.c (CNA: VulnCheck; technical-description)

- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netpbm-before-10.86.51-11.02.30-and-11.15.08-out-of-bounds-read-via-tgatoppm (CNA: VulnCheck; third-party-advisory)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulnCheck: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120437; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: a773ce734a4ef4254feab76c1cbf3444b5eb31f0c330efacc9637b1fb4b3f7fd

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120437

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