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CVE-2008-4799

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

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.

Affected products

• Netpbm: through 10.35.47; 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1 (+105)

References

• http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/23/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31871
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46054
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00058.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00069.html
• http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/22/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/23/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31871
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46054

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