CVE-2005-2978

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-09-19 CVE Reserved
2005-10-18 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2024-09-24 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/17221	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17222	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17256	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17265	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17357	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878	2018-10-03
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml	2018-10-03
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html	2018-10-03
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html	2018-10-03
https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1	2018-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2978	2005-10-18
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617774	2005-10-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.0 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.1 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.1"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.2 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.2"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.3 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.3"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.4 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.4"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.5 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.5"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.6 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.6"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.7 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.7"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.8 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.8"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.9 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.9"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.10 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.10"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.11 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.11"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.12 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.12"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.13 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.13"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.14 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.14"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.15 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.15"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.16 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.16"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.17 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.17"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.18 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.18"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.19 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.19"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.20 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.20"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.21 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.21"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.22 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.22"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.23 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.23"		-		Affected
Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm"		Netpbm Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm"				10.24 Search vendor "Netpbm" for product "Netpbm" and version "10.24"		-		Affected