CVE-2005-2978

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2978
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-18 22:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionpnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.0 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.1 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.10 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.11 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.12 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.13 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.14 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.15 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.16 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.17 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.18 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.19 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.2 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.20 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.21 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.22 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.23 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.24 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.3 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.4 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.5 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.6 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.7 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.8 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for netpbm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-878-1 netpbm-free af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-210-1: netpbm vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Netpbm Buffer Overflow in 'pnmtopng' May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for netpbm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - NetPBM "pnmtopng" Stack Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
168278 – CAN-2005-2978 Crash running pnmtopng -trans on some pnm files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
NetPBM PNMToPNG Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Netpbm: Buffer overflow in pnmtopng af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for netpbm-free af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for netpbm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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