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.
Published: 2005-11-18
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3659 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-218-1 netpbm vulnerabilities
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Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:23.396Z

Reserved: 2005-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3662

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-18T02:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3662

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-3662 - Bugzilla

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