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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-2471 json

pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript file into a (1) PBM, (2) PGM,…

published 2005-08-05 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2472

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • netpbm-free Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:10.0-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2471

  • netpbm RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.2
  • netpbm RHEL 4 10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.2
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 4 10.25-2.EL4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:743

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2471 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.2, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.2, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.2, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.1
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.2, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:743

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Exploit prediction

3.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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