CVE-2005-3662

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    CVE-2005-3662

    Published: 18 Nov 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U, http://secunia.com/advisories/17544, http://secunia.com/advisories/17671, http://secunia.com/advisories/17679, http://secunia.com/advisories/17828, http://secunia.com/advisories/18186, http://secunia.com/advisories/18517, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418, http://secunia.com/advisories/17544, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583, https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/

    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