CVE-2008-5187

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    CVE-2008-5187

    Published: 21 Nov 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-683-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3212, 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32371, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    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
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