security flaw
Published Oct 18, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.87%
Description
pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size and index variables when converting Portable Anymap (PNM) images to Portable Network Graphics (PNG), which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying the stack.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 10.4
- 10.5
- 10.6
- 10.7
- 10.8
- 10.9
- 10.10
- 10.11
- 10.12
- 10.13
- 10.14
- 10.15
- 10.16
- 10.17
- 10.18
- 10.19
- 10.20
- 10.21
- 10.22
- 10.23
- 10.24
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
netpbm-0:10.25-2.EL4.2
Fixed · RHSA-2005:793
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | netpbm-0:10.25-2.EL4.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:793 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.87% (0.04873) | 91.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.87% (0.04873) | 90.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.16% (0.05164) | 88.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.81% (0.09815) | 88.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 5.16% (0.05164) | 88.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.07% (0.03074) | 85.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.17% (0.02168) | 89.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 7, 2024 | 2.55% (0.02547) | 89.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.34% (0.03343) | 89.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 88.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 87.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 70.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17221 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17222 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17256 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17265 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17282 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17357 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015071 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-878 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15128 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2133 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2978 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168278 x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617774 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2978
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10135 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/210-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2978
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.