CVE-2009-4274 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Netpbm-free

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian Netpbm-freeNetpbm
Timeline
PublishedFeb 12
Latest updateMay 2

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/netpbm-free< netpbm-free 2:10.0-12.2 (bookworm)
▶NVDnetpbm/netpbm101 versions+100

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-45q7-r4qg-42p8: Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-4274: Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm↗2010-02-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Netpbm vulnerability↗2010-04-29
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Red Hat
netpbm: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing X PixMap image header fields↗2010-02-09
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Debian
CVE-2009-4274: netpbm-free - Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.0...↗2009
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-4274 netpbm: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing X PixMap image header fields↗2009-12-11
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