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CVE-2005-2978 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17221	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17222	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17256	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17265	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17357	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17221	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17222	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17256	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17265	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17357	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
netpbm netpbm	10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.24:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

netpbm netpbm

10.0

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]