{"id":"CVE-2026-41216","title":"An invalid pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the vtkPNGReader::ExecuteInformation functionality of vtk 9.6","summary":"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. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-825"],"vendor":"vtk","product":"vtk","affected":["vtk 9.6"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-30T17:22:29.322889Z"},"published":"2026-10-29","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T17:22:40.522Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41216","references":[{"url":"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2412","label":"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2026-2412"},{"url":"https://vtk.org/download/","label":"https://vtk.org/download/"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00278,"epssPercentile":0.20403,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T16:24:31.262Z","slug":"CVE-2026-41216","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `vtk 9.6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}