CVE-2008-4799

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4799
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-31 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpamperspective in Netpbm before 10.35.48 does not properly calculate a window height, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 10.12 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 10.25 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.26 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.27 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.28 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.29 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.3 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.30 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.31 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.32 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.33 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.34 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.01 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.02 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.03 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.04 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.05 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.06 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.07 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.08 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.09 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.10 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.11 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.12 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.13 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.14 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.15 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.16 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.17 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.18 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.19 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.20 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.21 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.22 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.23 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.24 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.25 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.26 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.27 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.28 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.29 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.30 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.31 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.32 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.33 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.34 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.35 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.36 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.37 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.38 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.39 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.40 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.41 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.42 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.43 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.44 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.45 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.35.46 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
Application Netpbm Netpbm 8.1 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 8.2 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 8.3 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 8.4 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.0 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.1 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.10 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.11 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.12 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.13 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.14 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.15 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.16 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.17 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.18 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.19 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.2 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.20 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.21 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.22 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.23 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.24 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.25 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.3 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.4 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.5 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.6 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.7 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.8 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 9.9 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Netpbm 'pamperspective' Utility Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fedora 9 Update: netpbm-10.35.48-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE Request (netpbm) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net
Fedora 8 Update: netpbm-10.35.48-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request (netpbm) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-10-31Tomas HogerThis issue can only cause pamperspective to crash when used on specially crafted messages. We do not consider this to be a security issue.

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