VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.60%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- greg roelofs/pnmtopng
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17544Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17671Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17679Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17828Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18186Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545
- 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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17544Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17671Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17679Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17828Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18186Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545
- 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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.