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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-0553 Detail

Current Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in Tk (Tcl/Tk) before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28784 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28807 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28848 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28857 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28867 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28954 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29069 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29070 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30129 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30188 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30783 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32608 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=573933&group_id=10894 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0553
NVD Published Date:
02/07/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.