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High
CVE-2005-2978
pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option,...
Vulnerability Description
pnmtopng 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17221
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17357
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17256
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17265
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17222
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
netpbm
Vulnerable Versions:
10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 10.16, 10.17, 10.18, 10.19, 10.20, 10.21, 10.22, 10.23, 10.24
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 18th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.