CVE-2008-2542 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2542
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Description: Stack-based buffer overflow in the getline function in Ppm/ppm.C in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42847 SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3924 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA30546 MISC http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2304 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493112/100/0/threaded BID 29517

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