UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42057
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-42057, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42057, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2413, https://vtk.org/download/
Affected packages
Package
Name: vtk
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vtk?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
5.8.0-14ubuntu1
5.8.0-14ubuntu3
5.8.0-14.1ubuntu2
5.8.0-14.1ubuntu3
5.8.0-14.1ubuntu3+esm1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
