FKIE_CVE-2005-2978

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-10-18 22:02 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17221
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17222
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17256
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17265
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17282
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17357
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278Exploit, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17221
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17222
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17256
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17265
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17357
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netpbm netpbm 10.0
netpbm netpbm 10.1
netpbm netpbm 10.2
netpbm netpbm 10.3
netpbm netpbm 10.4
netpbm netpbm 10.5
netpbm netpbm 10.6
netpbm netpbm 10.7
netpbm netpbm 10.8
netpbm netpbm 10.9
netpbm netpbm 10.10
netpbm netpbm 10.11
netpbm netpbm 10.12
netpbm netpbm 10.13
netpbm netpbm 10.14
netpbm netpbm 10.15
netpbm netpbm 10.16
netpbm netpbm 10.17
netpbm netpbm 10.18
netpbm netpbm 10.19
netpbm netpbm 10.20
netpbm netpbm 10.21
netpbm netpbm 10.22
netpbm netpbm 10.23
netpbm netpbm 10.24
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627",
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