CVE-2008-2426

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2008-2426 · Published 02/06/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2426 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting imlib2 (carsten haitzler).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.7%, higher than 93.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
imlib2 carsten_haitzler	`= 1.4.0`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Imlib 2 (aka imlib2) 1.4.0 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a PNM image with a crafted header, related to the load function in src/modules/loaders/loader_pnm.c; or (2) a crafted XPM image, related to the load function in src/modules/loader_xpm.c.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
secunia.com/advisories/30401 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/30485 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/30572 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/30727 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/31982 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-25/advisory · Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id
debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1594
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-03.xml
mandriva.com/security/advisories
securityfocus.com/archive/1/492739/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/29417
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-697-1

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