CVE-2008-0554

netpbm: GIF handling buffer overflow in giftopnm

Published Feb 8, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 4.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1493-1 New sdl-image1.2 packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1493-2 New sdl-image1.2 packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1579-1 New netpbm-free packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0564 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-665-1 Netpbm vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:46 AM
Reserved
Feb 1, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 8, 2008, 2:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:49 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 1, 2008, 12:00 AM