Vulnerability CVE-2005-2978
Published: 2005-10-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Netpbm -> Netpbm 

 References:
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135
https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/
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