CVE-2008-1670 (GCVE-0-2008-1670)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-28 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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
7 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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