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CVE-2007-2459
Heap-based buffer overflow in the BMP reader (bmp.c) in Imager perl module (libimager-perl) 0.45 through 0.56 allows remote attackers to…
High7.8EPSS 4.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the BMP reader (bmp.c) in Imager perl module (libimager-perl) 0.45 through 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted 8-bit/pixel compressed BMP files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- 35470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 39846 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=421582 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1498 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 23711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://imager.perl.org/a/65.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28868 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=26811 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1587 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- imager-bmpfile-bo(34010) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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