Out-of-Bounds Affecting netpbm-free package, versions <2:10.0-10.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NETPBMFREE-21279839
  • published20 Oct 2026
  • disclosed18 Nov 2005

Introduced: 18 Nov 2005

CVE-2005-3662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest netpbm-free to version 2:10.0-10.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netpbm-free package and not the netpbm-free package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one buffer overflow in pnmtopng before 2.39, when using the -alpha command line option (Alphas_Of_Color), allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file with exactly 256 colors.

CVSS Base Scores

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