CVE-2008-4799

medium

Description

pamperspective in Netpbm before 10.35.48 does not properly calculate a window height, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00069.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00058.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46054

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31871

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/23/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/7

http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-31

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H