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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-0554 json

Buffer overflow in the readImageData function in giftopnm.c in netpbm before 10.27 in netpbm before 10.27 allows remote user-assisted attac…

published 2008-02-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0564

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the readImageData function in giftopnm.c in netpbm before 10.27 in netpbm before 10.27 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.

Patch / fix

  • netpbm-free Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 10.0-11.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0554

  • netpbm RHEL 2.1 9.24-9.AS21.7
  • netpbm RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.5
  • netpbm RHEL 4 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 2.1 9.24-9.AS21.7
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.5
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 4 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0131

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-2008-0554 updated

netpbm: GIF handling buffer overflow in giftopnm

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.5, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 netpbm 9.24-9.AS21.7, netpbm-progs 9.24-9.AS21.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.5, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 netpbm 9.24-9.AS21.7, netpbm-progs 9.24-9.AS21.7
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.5, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 netpbm 9.24-9.AS21.7, netpbm-progs 9.24-9.AS21.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.5, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 netpbm 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1, netpbm-progs 10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 netpbm 9.24-9.AS21.7, netpbm-progs 9.24-9.AS21.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0131

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Exploit prediction

4.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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