CVE-2004-0687

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0687
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) xpmParseColors in parse.c, (2) ParseAndPutPixels in create.c, and (3) ParsePixels in parse.c for libXpm before 6.8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed XPM image file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All
Application X.org X11r6 6.7.0 All All All
Application X.org X11r6 6.8 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 3.3.6 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.0.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.0.2.11 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.0.3 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.11 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.1.12 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.2.1 All errata All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.x.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Resend: APPLE-SA-2005-05-03 Security Update 2005-005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
libXpm Image Decoding Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA05-136A -- Apple Mac OS X is affected by multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-003.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scary.beasts.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-560-1 lesstif1-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
#57653: libXpm Security Vulnerabilities Affect the Motif Library (libXm) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - HP-UX Motif Applications libXpm Image Decoding Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-27-1: libxpm4 vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Solaris 10 dtprintinfo / libXm / libXpm Security Issues ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- X.org, XFree86: Integer and stack overflows in libXpm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
[FLSA-2006:152803] Updated lesstif packages fix security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#882750 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenMotif: Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'CESA-2004-004: libXpm' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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