CVE-2007-2459

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2459
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-02 18:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the BMP reader (bmp.c) in Imager perl module (libimager-perl) 0.45 through 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted 8-bit/pixel compressed BMP files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.44 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.44_1 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.45 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.45_2 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.46 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.47 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.48 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.49 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.50 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.51 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.52 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.53 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.54 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.55 All All All
Application Tony Cook Imager 0.56 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Imager - Imager 0.57 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 imager.perl.org
#421582 - [CVE-2007-2459] buffer overflow when reading 8-bit compressed BMP files - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1498-1 libimager-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug #26811 for Imager: BMP reader security issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rt.cpan.org
osvdb.org/39846 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/35470 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian update for libimager-perl - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Imager 8 Bit BMP Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Imager 8Bit BMP File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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