7.5

CVE-2005-2978: netpbm

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:793DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2978DSA-878-1
Published 18-10-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2978 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in netpbm. EPSS estimates a 4.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.87%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.87% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
4.87%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
  • netpbm< 0:10.25-2.EL4.2
  • netpbm-debuginfo< 0:10.25-2.EL4.2
  • netpbm-devel< 0:10.25-2.EL4.2
  • netpbm-progs< 0:10.25-2.EL4.2
Debian1 product
  • netpbm-free< 2:10.0-8sarge1 | < 2:10.0-10
Netpbm1 product
  • netpbm10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.10 | 10.11 | 10.12 | 10.13 | 10.14 | 10.15 | 10.16 | 10.17 | 10.18 | 10.19 | 10.20 | 10.21 | 10.22 | 10.23 | 10.24

3 vendors · 6 products

References

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