CVE-2008-0553

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0553
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-07 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in Tk (Tcl/Tk) before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 2.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 3.3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 4.0p1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 6.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 6.1p1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 6.2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 6.4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 6.5 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 6.6 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 6.7 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.0 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.5 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.5p1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.6 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 7.6p2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.0 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.0.3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.0.4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.0.5 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.0p2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.1.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.2.0 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.2.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.2.2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.2.3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.3.0 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.3.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.3.2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.3.3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.3.4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.3.5 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.0 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.10 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.11 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.12 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.13 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.14 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.15 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.16 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.5 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.6 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.7 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.8 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4.9 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4a2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4a3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4a4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4b1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.4b2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5.0 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5a1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5a2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5a3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5a4 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5a5 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5a6 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5b1 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5b2 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5b3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk 8.5_a3 All All All
Application Tcl Tk Tcl Tk All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1490-1 tk8.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Tk GIF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:041 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1598-1 libtk-img af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: tkimg-1.3-0.8.20080505svn.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Tcl download | SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for tkimg - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for tk8.3 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: tk-8.4.17-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:08 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1491-1 tk8.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for tk and perl-Tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: perl-Tk-804.028-3.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: perl-Tk-804.028-3.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Mandriva update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for tk8.4 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
VMSA-2008-0009.2 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
rPath update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 431518 – CVE-2008-0553 tk: GIF handling buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: tk-8.4.13-7.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for tcltk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
USN-664-1: Tk vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Tcl/Tk Buffer Overflow in Processing GIF Files Lets Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Tcl/Tk Tk Toolkit 'ReadImage()' GIF File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Debian update for libtk-img - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for tk - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Security Advisory SA32608 - Ubuntu update for tk - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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