CVE-2026-111138: medium-severity vulnerability in NetSurf libnsbmp
NetSurf libnsbmp through 0.1.7 Out-of-Bounds Read in RLE8 and RLE4 Decoders
Published
33Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 6.8epss 0.1%
exploitation probability
0.1%top 98% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
NetSurf libnsbmp through 0.1.7 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in bmp_decode_rle8() and bmp_decode_rle4() because absolute-run bound checks omit the word-alignment pad byte. Attackers can supply a crafted RLE8 or RLE4 BMP ending on an odd-length absolute run to cause a one-byte heap over-read, crashing applications decoding untrusted images.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
NetSurf · libnsbmppublic PoCs found — 1
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References
https://download.netsurf-browser.org/libs/releases/libnsbmp-0.1.7-src.tar.gzhttps://github.com/netsurf-browser/libnsbmphttps://github.com/netsurf-browser/libnsbmp/blob/ea063c9f46acb43e90208da14073332b505ef7e7/src/libnsbmp.c#L1096-L1147https://github.com/netsurf-browser/libnsbmp/blob/ea063c9f46acb43e90208da14073332b505ef7e7/src/libnsbmp.c#L942-L982https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libnsbmp-rle-absolute-pad-and-ico-mask-oob-readhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netsurf-libnsbmp-through-0.1.7-out-of-bounds-read-in-rle8-and-rle4-decoders