FKIE_CVE-2005-3662

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-11-18 02:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:17
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Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17544Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17671Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17679Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17828Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18186Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18517Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17544Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17671Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17679Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17828Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18186Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18517Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
greg_roelofs pnmtopng 2.37.3
greg_roelofs pnmtopng 2.37.4
greg_roelofs pnmtopng 2.37.5
greg_roelofs pnmtopng 2.37.6
greg_roelofs pnmtopng 2.38
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