MEDIUM
pamperspective in Netpbm before 10.35.48 does not properly calculate a window height, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image file that triggers an out-of-bounds read
Published Oct 30, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.66%
Description
pamperspective in Netpbm before 10.35.48 does not properly calculate a window height, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 10.35.47
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.3
- 8.4
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 9.3
- 9.4
- 9.5
- 9.6
- 9.7
- 9.8
- 9.9
- 9.10
- 9.11
- 9.12
- 9.13
- 9.14
- 9.15
- 9.16
- 9.17
- 9.18
- 9.19
- 9.20
- 9.21
- 9.22
- 9.23
- 9.24
- 9.25
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 10.4
- 10.5
- 10.6
- 10.7
- 10.8
- 10.9
- 10.10
- 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
- 10.25
- 10.26
- 10.27
- 10.28
- 10.29
- 10.30
- 10.31
- 10.32
- 10.33
- 10.34
- 10.35.00
- 10.35.01
- 10.35.02
- 10.35.03
- 10.35.04
- 10.35.05
- 10.35.06
- 10.35.07
- 10.35.08
- 10.35.09
- 10.35.10
- 10.35.11
- 10.35.12
- 10.35.13
- 10.35.14
- 10.35.15
- 10.35.16
- 10.35.17
- 10.35.18
- 10.35.19
- 10.35.20
- 10.35.21
- 10.35.22
- 10.35.23
- 10.35.24
- 10.35.25
- 10.35.26
- 10.35.27
- 10.35.28
- 10.35.29
- 10.35.30
- 10.35.31
- 10.35.32
- 10.35.33
- 10.35.34
- 10.35.35
- 10.35.36
- 10.35.37
- 10.35.38
- 10.35.39
- 10.35.40
- 10.35.41
- 10.35.42
- 10.35.43
- 10.35.44
- 10.35.45
- 10.35.46
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue can only cause pamperspective to crash when used on specially crafted messages. We do not consider this to be a security issue.
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.66% 0.01658
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01658
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01658) | 75.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01658) | 73.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00542) | 65.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 61.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 60.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00232) | 59.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/23/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31871 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4799 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46054 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4799
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4799
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00058.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00069.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/23/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31871 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4799 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46054 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4799 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4799 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00058.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00069.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 30, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 30, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4799
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a