CVE-2005-2471

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript file into a (1) PBM, (2) PGM, or (3) PNM file, which allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

Netpbm: 2.10.0.8

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
http://secunia.com/advisories/16184
http://secunia.com/advisories/18330
http://secunia.com/advisories/19436
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/18253
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500

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