Off-by-one buffer overflow in pnmtopng before 2.39, when using the -alpha command line option (Alphas_Of_Color), allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file with exactly 256 colors.
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EUVD-2005-3659 | Off-by-one buffer overflow in pnmtopng before 2.39, when using the -alpha command line option (Alphas_Of_Color), allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file with exactly 256 colors. |
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USN-218-1 | netpbm vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:23.396Z
Reserved: 2005-11-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-3662

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-11-18T02:02:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-3662


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