Vulnerability in Netpbm

CVE-2005-2471

pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript file into a (1) PBM, (2) PGM, or (3) PNM file, which allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

EPSS: 0.037 (88.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Netpbm — versions 2.10.0.8
  • N/a — versions n/a

References