CVE-2005-3662
Off-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.
Published:Nov 12, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Nov 18, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00279
CVSS Score:4.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Greg Roelofs
Product
Pnmtopng
Greg Roelofs
Pnmtopng
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
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
