CVE-2006-3145

Buffer overflow in pamtofits of NetPBM 10.30 through 10.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code when assembling the header, possibly related to an off-by-one error.

Published: 2006-06-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3145 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.52%, 90th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3145

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.75% 4.52% +0.77%
2 2025-03-30 2.79% 3.75% +0.95%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.79% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3145

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3145

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3145

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2006-3145 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netpbm-free), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3145
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3145
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3145 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (netpbm-free), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3145

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-3145

  • Red Hat (2006-08-30T00:00:00)

    This issue did not affect the versions of NetPBM distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3145

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netpbm netpbm 10.30 cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netpbm netpbm 10.31 cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netpbm netpbm 10.32 cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netpbm netpbm 10.33 cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:10.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3145

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