CVE-2008-6079

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    CVE-2008-6079

    Published: 6 Feb 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: imlib2 before 1.4.2 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted (1) ARGB, (2) BMP, (3) JPEG, (4) LBM, (5) PNM, (6) TGA, or (7) XPM file, related to "several heap and stack based buffer overflows - partly due to integer overflows."

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/32354, http://secunia.com/advisories/39340, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2029, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2898, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0803, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576469, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=634778, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31880, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46037

    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