CVE-2005-3662

Published: Nov 18, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

4.6

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Greg Roelofs: Pnmtopng

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng	Version 2.37.3
Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng	Version 2.37.4
Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng	Version 2.37.5
Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng	Version 2.37.6
Greg Roelofs Pnmtopng	Version 2.38

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (32)

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U (unsafe URL)

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/17544

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17671

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17679

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17828

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18186

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18517

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U (unsafe URL)

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/17544

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17671

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17679

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17828

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18186

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18517

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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