CVE-2005-2978

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071

http://secunia.com/advisories/17357

http://secunia.com/advisories/17282

http://secunia.com/advisories/17265

http://secunia.com/advisories/17256

http://secunia.com/advisories/17222

http://secunia.com/advisories/17221

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3