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high 7.5

CVE-2005-2978 json

pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap…

published 2005-10-18 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2978

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • netpbm-free Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:10.0-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2978

  • netpbm RHEL 4 10.25-2.EL4.2
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 4 10.25-2.EL4.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:793

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-2005-2978 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.2, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.2, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.2, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.2, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:793

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Exploit prediction

4.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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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