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CVE-2005-0638
xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for…
High7.5EPSS 3.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 12712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 14459 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-695 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:332 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14462 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152923 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 14365 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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