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CVE-2026-42057high7.5

An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::vtkPNGReaderUpdate2 functionality of vtk 9.6.

Impact

An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability in vtk 9.6's vtkPNGReader::vtkPNGReaderUpdate2 functionality can cause a denial of service via a specially crafted .png file. An attacker must provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-825: Expired Pointer Dereference.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

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vtk · talos

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9.6

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unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Original source 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.

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CVE-2026-42057

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-825 ↗

CWE-825: Expired Pointer Dereference

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Contributing organizations · 2
talos

Assigning organization

2026-10-29
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-10-30

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-42057

    Observed 2026-10-30T18:29:22.845Z · upstream updated 2026-10-30T17:22:15.940Z

    Prioritization updated

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  {
    "source": "CISA-ADP",
    "type": "SSVC",
    "role": "CISA Coordinator",
    "timestamp": "2026-10-30T17:22:02.474070Z",
    "decisions": [
      {
        "name": "Exploitation",
        "value": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Automatable",
        "value": "yes"
      },
      {
        "name": "Technical Impact",
        "value": "partial"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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References

2 sources
talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2413
Security advisorytalos
vtk.org/download/
Source referencetalos