Description
pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript file into a (1) PBM, (2) PGM, or (3) PNM file, which allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Published: 2005-08-05
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1021-1 New netpbm-free packages fix arbitrary command execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2472 pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript file into a (1) PBM, (2) PGM, or (3) PNM file, which allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-164-1 netpbm vulnerability
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02285}

epss

{'score': 0.02055}


Subscriptions

Netpbm Netpbm
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:00.952Z

Reserved: 2005-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2471

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-05T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2471

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-07-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2471 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses