Description
Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.x before 11.02.30, and 11.03 before 11.15.08 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the picttoppm paintPoly() function due to an unbounded polygon point count. Attackers can supply a crafted PICT file with a polygon exceeding 100 points to overwrite the fixed pts array, causing crashes or potentially code execution.
Published: 2026-11-02
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.x before 11.02.30, and 11.03 before 11.15.08 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the picttoppm paintPoly() function due to an unbounded polygon point count. Attackers can supply a crafted PICT file with a polygon exceeding 100 points to overwrite the fixed pts array, causing crashes or potentially code execution.
Title Netpbm before 10.86.51, 11.02.30, and 11.15.08 picttoppm Stack Buffer Overflow via paintPoly
First Time appeared Netpbm Project
Netpbm Project netpbm
Weaknesses CWE-121
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:netpbm_project:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Netpbm Project
Netpbm Project netpbm
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Netpbm Project Netpbm
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-02T14:28:57.113Z

Reserved: 2026-11-02T12:42:13.117Z

Link: CVE-2026-120433

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-02T15:17:24.940

Modified: 2026-11-02T15:17:24.940

Link: CVE-2026-120433

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-121

    Stack-based Buffer Overflow