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CVE-2026-42057 Details

Description

An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::vtkPNGReaderUpdate2 functionality of vtk 9.6. A specially crafted .png file can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2413 [email protected]
https://vtk.org/download/ [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-825Expired Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-42057
NVD Published Date:
Oct 29, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Oct 30, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-42057 Details - Not Deferred