CVE-2008-4799

Publication date 31 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
netpbm-free 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

code not present in 10.0