CVE-2008-5187
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.64%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 89
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714#15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/49970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33323
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-23.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:019
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32371
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-683-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3212
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714#15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/49970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33323
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-23.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:019
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32371
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-683-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3212
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html
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