CVE-2005-2978 describes a critical vulnerability in pnmtopng within Netpbm versions prior to 10.25. When converting PNM to PNG images using the -trans option, the software fails to initialize size and index variables, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution through stack modification. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exploit it over the network with low complexity, potentially resulting in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.