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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-5187 Detail

Description

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/21/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of imlib as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505714#15 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/49970 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32796 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32843 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32949 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32963 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33323 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-23.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1672 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:019 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32371 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-683-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3212 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html CVE, MITRE

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-2008-5187
NVD Published Date:
11/20/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE