CVE-2008-0554
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0564)
- Published
- February 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0564 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- netpbm / netpbm
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29079
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32607
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-665-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1579
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:039
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0131.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27682
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019358
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0460
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2216
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10975
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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