CVE-2026-3713
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDEEUFREPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw has been found in pnggroup libpng up to 1.6.55. Affected by this vulnerability is the function do_pnm2png of the file contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c of the component pnm2png. This manipulation of the argument width/height causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.1–5.3
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affected products (60)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-0638libpng: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2026-03-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libpng ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1378Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-23vendor · certfrFR
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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references (18)
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- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/pnm2pngcnnvd
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/cnnvd
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/issues/794cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.349658cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.349658cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.761996cnnvd
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/pnm2pngenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/enisa_euvd
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