CVE-2008-0554 (GCVE-0-2008-0554)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-08 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:46
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27682 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29079 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019358 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/32607 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0460 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1579 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2216 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2008-02-05 00:00
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}



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