CVE-2008-1670 (GCVE-0-2008-1670)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-28 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the progressive PNG Image loader (decoders/pngloader.cpp) in KHTML in KDE 4.0.x up to 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-2008042… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29980 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-04-28 00:00
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