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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2978 · published 18 October 2005

CVE-2005-2978: Netpbm vulnerability

NNetpbm · Netpbm

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.9% · top 8.3%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
4.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
32References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2978), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.