CVE-2008-5187

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5187
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-21 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2011-03-08 03:14:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Enlightenment Imlib2 1.4.2 All All All
Application Enlightenment Imlib2 1.4.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1672-1 imlib2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
49970 OSVDB osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: imlib2-1.4.2-2.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for imlib2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:019 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for imlib2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:002 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian update for imlib2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Imlib2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE Request: imlib2 MLIST www.openwall.com
'imlib2' Library 'load()' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-683-1: Imlib2 vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
imlib2 XPM Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for imlib2 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
#505714 - Crash on loading XPM file - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: imlib2-1.4.2-2.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.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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