What is CVE-2005-1141?

CVE-2005-1141 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Optical_character_recognition_project Optical_character_recognition, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2005-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2005-1141?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Optical_character_recognition_project Optical_character_recognition

CVE-2005-1141

Integer overflow in the readpgm function in pnm.c for GOCR 0.40, when using the netpbm library, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNM file with large width and height values, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflo…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.034 (87.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Optical_character_recognition_project Optical_character_recognition — versions 0.40
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-1141?: CVE-2005-1141 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Optical_character_recognition_project Optical_character_recognition, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2005-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2005-1141?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.