CVE-2009-4274

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an XPM image file that contains a crafted header field associated with a large color index value.

Affected products

Netpbm: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 (+95)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c?view=patch&r1=995&r2=1076&pathrev=1076
http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/stable/doc/HISTORY?view=markup
http://secunia.com/advisories/38530
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2026
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:039
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/09/11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1811.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38164
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0358
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0780

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