CVE-2005-2978

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2005-10-18
Bugzilla:
1617774: CVE-2005-2978 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2005-2978 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (netpbm) RHSA-2005:793 2005-10-18

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