Bug#1140183: Bug#1140182: netpbm: stack-based buffer overflow in imgtoppm via unbounded atoi()/fread() chunk length (CWE-121)

Andreas Metzler ametzler at bebt.de
Wed Jun 17 18:01:24 BST 2026


On 2026-06-16 Maram Sai Harsha Vardhan Reddy <maramsaiharsha24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: netpbm
> Version: 2:11.13.03+ds-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: security patch

> Dear Maintainer,

> imgtoppm (/usr/bin/imgtoppm) contains a stack-based buffer overflow
> (CWE-121 / CWE-787) reachable from a single untrusted input file, with no
> authentication or user interaction.
[...]

Helo,

did you already contact netpbm ustream about this bug and #1140183?

cu Andreas
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