CVE-2005-3178

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    CVE-2005-3178

    Published: 7 Oct 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/17087/, http://secunia.com/advisories/17124, http://secunia.com/advisories/17139, http://secunia.com/advisories/17140, http://secunia.com/advisories/17143, http://secunia.com/advisories/17206, http://secunia.com/advisories/17273, http://secunia.com/advisories/17282, http://secunia.com/advisories/17369, http://secunia.com/advisories/18050, http://secunia.com/advisories/18170, http://secunia.com/advisories/18491, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-858, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-859, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:192, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-858, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-859, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.62/SCOSA-2005.62.txt, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.56/SCOSA-2005.56.txt, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112862493918840&w=2, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015072, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-013.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-26.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-802.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15051, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10590

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High