CVE-2026-42057
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs
Summary
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.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can provide a malicious .png file to trigger a denial of service, causing application crash.
Recommendation
Update VTK to a patched version or avoid processing untrusted .png files.
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An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::ExecuteInformation functionality of VTK 9.6. A specially crafted .png file can lead to a denial of service.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS