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    CVE-2005-2978

    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.

    Published:Oct 18, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 18, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.04583
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Netpbm
    Product
    Netpbm
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2009-4274 (CVSS 7.5) — Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows context-dependent att…
    CVE-2008-4799 (CVSS 4.3) — pamperspective in Netpbm before 10.35.48 does not properly calculate a window height, which allows context-dep…
    CVE-2008-0554 (CVSS 6.8) — Buffer overflow in the readImageData function in giftopnm.c in netpbm before 10.27 in netpbm before 10.27 allo…
    CVE-2006-3145 (CVSS 5) — Buffer overflow in pamtofits of NetPBM 10.30 through 10.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…
    CVE-2005-3632 (CVSS 4.6) — Multiple buffer overflows in pnmtopng in netpbm 10.0 and earlier allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
    CVE-2005-2471 (CVSS 7.5) — pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript …
    CVE-2003-0924 (CVSS 3.7) — netpbm 9.25 and earlier does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitr…
    CVE-2003-0146 (CVSS 7.5) — Multiple vulnerabilities in NetPBM 9.20 and earlier, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers t…

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/17221
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17222
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17256
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17265
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17357
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17221
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17222
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17256
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17265
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17357
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High