CVE-2005-2978

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    CVE-2005-2978

    Published: 18 Oct 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071, 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, https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/

    Affected packages

    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