CVE-2018-8975: Netpbm Project Netpbm

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The pm_mallocarray2 function in lib/util/mallocvar.c in Netpbm through 10.81.03 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted image file, as demonstrated by pbmmask.

Affected products

• Netpbm Project Netpbm: up to and including 10.81.03

Published 2018-03-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.