7.5

CVE-2005-2471: netpbm

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2005:743DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2471DSA-1021-1
Published 05-08-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2471 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in netpbm. EPSS estimates a 3.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-08-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript file into a (1) PBM, (2) PGM, or (3) PNM file, which allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.74% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
  • netpbm< 0:9.24-11.30.2 | < 0:10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-debuginfo< 0:9.24-11.30.2 | < 0:10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-devel< 0:9.24-11.30.2 | < 0:10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-progs< 0:9.24-11.30.2 | < 0:10.25-2.EL4.1
Debian1 product
  • netpbm-free< 2:9.20-8.6 | < 2:10.0-8sarge3 | < 2:10.0-9
Netpbm1 product

3 vendors · 6 products

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