CVE-2005-3662

N/A Unknown
Published: November 18, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/17544
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor 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
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor 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

32 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
51th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

greg_roelofs

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