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CVE-2008-0554
Buffer overflow in the readImageData function in giftopnm.c in netpbm before 10.27 in netpbm before 10.27 allows remote user-assisted…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.4%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the readImageData function in giftopnm.c in netpbm before 10.27 in netpbm before 10.27 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- USN-665-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 27682 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0131 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464056 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29079 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1019358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0460 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1579 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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