CVE-2008-5187

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5187
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-21 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe load function in the XPM loader for imlib2 1.4.2, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XPM file that triggers a "pointer arithmetic error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2426.

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: CWE-119 | 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
Application Enlightenment Imlib2 1.4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request: imlib2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: imlib2-1.4.2-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for imlib2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
imlib2 XPM Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for imlib2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:019 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-683-1: Imlib2 vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: imlib2-1.4.2-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/49970 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Imlib2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
#505714 - Crash on loading XPM file - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1672-1 imlib2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Fedora update for imlib2 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for imlib2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
'imlib2' Library 'load()' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-11-21Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of imlib as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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