CVE-2008-5187
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-5187 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-11-21 02:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The 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
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Enlightenment | Imlib2 | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-11-21 | Joshua Bressers | Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of imlib as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.