CVE-2005-3662

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3662
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-18 02:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:33:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

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
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

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