[ CVE-2026-111138 · Published 15 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in NetSurf libnsbmp
CVSS 5.5
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Why it matters ]Priority signals
- Public proof-of-concept exploit exists (CISA SSVC)
[ Description ]Official description
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.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ References ]References
- download.netsurf-browser.org/libs/releases/libnsbmp-0.1.7-src.tar.gz
- github.com/netsurf-browser/libnsbmp
- github.com/netsurf-browser/libnsbmp/blob/ea063c9f46acb43e90208da14073332b505ef7e7/src/l…
- github.com/netsurf-browser/libnsbmp/blob/ea063c9f46acb43e90208da14073332b505ef7e7/src/l…
- hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libnsbmp-rle-absolute-pad-and-ico-mask-oob-read
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netsurf-libnsbmp-through-0.1.7-out-of-bounds-read-in-rle8-…