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High advisory for An invalid pointer dereference vulnerabi
CVE-2026-42057 · Reported 29 Oct 2026
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Advisory overview
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.
