Out-of-Bounds Affecting netpbm-free package, versions <10.0-11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.39% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NETPBMFREE-21279841
  • published20 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Feb 2008

Introduced: 8 Feb 2008

CVE-2008-0554  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest netpbm-free to version 10.0-11.1 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.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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