imlib2 before 1.4.2 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted (1) ARGB, (2) BMP, (3) JPEG, (4) LBM,…

Description

imlib2 before 1.4.2 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted (1) ARGB, (2) BMP, (3) JPEG, (4) LBM, (5) PNM, (6) TGA, or (7) XPM file, related to "several heap and stack based buffer overflows - partly due to integer overflows."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=634778 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0803 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576469 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• imlib2-multiple-unspecified(46037) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 31880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 32354 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 39340 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 11:20 UTC.