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TI-2003-00141 Aliases CVE-2003-0146GHSA-w8mv-4w2v-qfg8

Multiple vulnerabilities in NetPBM 9.20 and earlier, and possibly other versions, may…

Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in NetPBM 9.20 and earlier, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via "maths overflow errors" such as (1) integer signedness errors or (2) integer overflows, which lead to buffer overflows.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06542 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 9.20VulnerableNetpbm
  • cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.20 Vulnerable ·Netpbm

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2003:060 Released 2003-04-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    : Updated NetPBM packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
    • Red Hat Linux 7.0
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
    • Red Hat Linux 7.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.3
    • Red Hat Linux 8.0
  • RHSA-2003:061 Released 2003-03-31 · Red Hat rating Important
    netpbm security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2003:061
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:061
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:061
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2003:060
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2003:060
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2003:060
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2003:060
Red Hat Linux 8.0Fixed RHSA-2003:060
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2003:061

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0146
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w8mv-4w2v-qfg8

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2005-02810 pnmtopng in netpbm before 10.25, when using the -trans option, uses uninitialized size… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2009-04054 Stack-based buffer overflow in converter/ppm/xpmtoppm.c in netpbm before 10.47.07 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2005-02339 pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-00526 Buffer overflow in the readImageData function in giftopnm.c in netpbm before 10.27 in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2006-03045 Buffer overflow in pamtofits of NetPBM 10.30 through 10.33 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2008-04582 pamperspective in Netpbm before 10.35.48 does not properly calculate a window height… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
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Sources

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