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CVE-2008-0554

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0554 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the readImageData function of netpbm versions prior to 10.27, specifically within the giftopnm.c component. This flaw allows remote, user-assisted attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted GIF image. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, with an attack vector requiring user interaction (AC:M) and potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0439 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: netpbm-0:9.24-9.AS21.7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: netpbm-0:9.24-11.30.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: netpbm-0:10.25-2.EL4.6.el4_6.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0554Moderate

netpbm: GIF handling buffer overflow in giftopnm

Feb 1, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/29079
secunia.com / advisories/30280
secunia.com / advisories/32607
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2216
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10975
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-665-1
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1579
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0131.html
securityfocus.com / bid/27682
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0460