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CVE-2009-4274
Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of…
High7.5EPSS 4.5%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an XPM image file that contains a crafted header field associated with a large color index value.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- RHSA-2011:1811 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c?view=patch&r1=995&r2=1076&pathrev=1076 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 38530 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100209 vulnerability in netpbm (CVE-2009-4274) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- netpbm-xpm-bo(56207) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546580 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-2026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY?view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38915 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 38164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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