diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 198167310c..82050b90da 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
 # Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 # Copyright © 2016, 2017 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
-# Copyright © 2017 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+# Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 # Copyright © 2017, 2018 Clément Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
 # Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 # Copyright © 2017, 2018 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
@@ -1065,6 +1065,8 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/m4-gnulib-libio.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/netcdf-date-time.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/netcdf-tst_h_par.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2586.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2587.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/netsurf-message-timestamp.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/netsurf-system-utf8proc.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/netsurf-y2038-tests.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm b/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm
index 9c0e970257..7fe0503d6f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/netpbm.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@
             (sha256
               (base32
                "1k7as9qi1942wyjxpvbf02wg0h4braw44m3m3vvi8sm9y5z1m967"))
+            (patches (search-patches "netpbm-CVE-2017-2586.patch"
+                                     "netpbm-CVE-2017-2587.patch"))
             (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
             (modules '((guix build utils)))
             (snippet
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2586.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2586.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99921870af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2586.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:29:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] netpbm: Fix CVE-2017-2586.
+
+Copied verbatim from Debian[0].
+
+[0]: https://sources.debian.org/data/main/n/netpbm-free/2:10.78.05-0.1/debian/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2586.patch
+
+---
+diff -urNp old/converter/other/svgtopam.c new/converter/other/svgtopam.c
+--- old/converter/other/svgtopam.c	2017-02-08 12:11:02.593690917 +0100
++++ new/converter/other/svgtopam.c	2017-02-08 12:13:05.192846469 +0100
+@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ stringToUint(const char *   const string
+ 
+     /* TODO: move this to nstring.c */
+ 
+-    if (strlen(string) == 0)
++    if (string == NULL || strlen(string) == 0)
+         pm_asprintf(errorP, "Value is a null string");
+     else {
+         char * tailptr;
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2587.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2587.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70fa508f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2587.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:29:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] netpbm: Fix CVE-2017-2587.
+
+Copied verbatim from Debian[0].
+
+[0]: https://sources.debian.org/data/main/n/netpbm-free/2:10.78.05-0.1/debian/patches/netpbm-CVE-2017-2587.patch
+
+---
+diff -urNp old/converter/other/svgtopam.c new/converter/other/svgtopam.c
+--- old/converter/other/svgtopam.c	2017-02-08 12:11:02.593690917 +0100
++++ new/converter/other/svgtopam.c	2017-02-08 13:49:38.319029371 +0100
+@@ -771,12 +771,17 @@ createCanvas(unsigned int const width,
+ 
+     MALLOCVAR_NOFAIL(canvasP);
+ 
+-    canvasP->width  = width;
+-    canvasP->height = height;
+-    canvasP->pixels = ppm_allocarray(width, height);
+-    canvasP->maxval = maxval;
++    if(canvasP != NULL){
++        canvasP->width  = width;
++        canvasP->height = height;
++        canvasP->pixels = ppm_allocarray(width, height);
++        canvasP->maxval = maxval;
++
++        *canvasPP = canvasP;
++    } else {
++       pm_error("can't allocate memory for canvas");
++    }
+ 
+-    *canvasPP = canvasP;
+ }
+ 
+