Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.6/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17544Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17671Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17679Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17828Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18186Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17544Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17671Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17679Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17828Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18186Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 18, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified