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    CVE-2008-0554

    Buffer overflow in the readImageData function in giftopnm.c in netpbm before 10.27 in netpbm before 10.27 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.

    Published:Feb 1, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Feb 8, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.01722
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Netpbm
    Product
    Netpbm
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    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-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-2005-2978 (CVSS 7.5) — pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables whe…
    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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464056
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29079
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30280
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32607
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-665-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1579
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:039
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0131.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27682
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019358
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0460
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2216
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10975
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464056
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29079
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30280
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32607
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-665-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1579
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:039
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0131.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27682
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019358
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0460
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2216
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10975

    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