CVE-2005-2978

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.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-210-1
• netpbm vulnerability
• 18 October 2005

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2978