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CVE-2005-2978
pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- USN-210-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1015071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17282 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-878 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17221 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17357 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:793 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17256 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200510-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 15128 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10135 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2978 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2978)Record last updated .