CVE-2008-4799
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4778)
- Published
- October 31, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4778 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- netpbm / netpbm
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and 62 more…
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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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