CVE-2005-3662

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3662
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-18 02:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one buffer overflow in pnmtopng before 2.39, when using the -alpha command line option (Alphas_Of_Color), allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file with exactly 256 colors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng 2.37.3 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng 2.37.4 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng 2.37.5 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng 2.37.6 All All All
Application Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng 2.38 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-904-1 netpbm-free af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
PNMToPNG Alphas_Of_Color Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for netpbm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for netpbm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-218-1: netpbm vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for netpbm-free af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Pnmtopng "alphas_of_color" and "read_text" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for netpbm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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