CVE-2008-0554

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    CVE-2008-0554

    Published: 8 Feb 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29079, http://secunia.com/advisories/30280, http://secunia.com/advisories/32607, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1579, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:039, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0460, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464056, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-665-1, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0131.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27682, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019358, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2216, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10975

    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