CVE-2008-5187

N/A Unknown
Published: November 21, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714#15
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/49970
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/32796
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32843
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/32949
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/32963
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33323
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-23.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:019
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32371
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-683-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3212
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714#15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/49970
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32796
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32843
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32949
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32963
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33323
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-23.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:019
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32371
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-683-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.0%
84th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

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