CVE-2009-4274

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4274
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-12 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an XPM image file that contains a crafted header field associated with a large color index value.

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: CWE-119 | 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 10.25 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 10.35.47 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.36.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.37.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.38.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.39.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.4 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.40.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.41.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.42.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.43.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.44.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.45.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.46.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.47.00 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.47.01 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.47.02 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.47.03 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.47.04 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.47.05 All All All
Application Netpbm Netpbm 10.47.06 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
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2026-1 netpbm-free af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - vulnerability in netpbm (CVE-2009-4274) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Netpbm XPM File Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Netpbm - graphics tools and converters / Code / [r2250] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:039 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
NetPBM "xpmtoppm" XPM Processing Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 546580 – CVE-2009-4274 netpbm: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing X PixMap image header fields af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2009-4274 MITRE access.redhat.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 Hat2010-02-17Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4274 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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