CVE-2009-4274
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4242)
- Published
- February 12, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4242 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- netpbm / netpbm
- netpbm / netpbm
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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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0780
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546580
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56207
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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