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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2005-3632 json

Multiple buffer overflows in pnmtopng in netpbm 10.0 and earlier allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file.

published 2005-11-21 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3629

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in pnmtopng in netpbm 10.0 and earlier allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file.

Patch / fix

  • netpbm-free Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:10.0-10.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3632

  • netpbm RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.4
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:843

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-2005-3632 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.4, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.4, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.4, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.4, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:843

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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