security flaw
Published Nov 18, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.60%
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 products
No data.
- 2.37.3
- 2.37.4
- 2.37.5
- 2.37.6
- 2.38
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
netpbm-0:9.24-11.30.4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:843
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | netpbm-0:9.24-11.30.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:843 |
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:L/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00600) | 46.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00600) | 43.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.27% (0.00272) | 48.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00099) | 42.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00117) | 45.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00117) | 43.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17544 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17671 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17679 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17828 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18186 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=370545 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-904 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:217 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15427 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2418 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3662 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617836 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3662
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9583 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/218-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3662
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.