CVE-2008-4799

Publication date 31 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
netpbm-free	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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Notes

jdstrand

code not present in 10.0

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4799