CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-42500

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.38%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

Decoding a paletted BMP file with an out-of-range palette index results in a panic when accessing pixels in the invalid image.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can crash the BMP decoding application, leading to denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Update the BMP decoding library to a version where this vulnerability is fixed.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Decoding a paletted BMP file with an out-of-range palette index results in a panic when accessing pixels in the invalid image.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS