FKIE_CVE-2008-1670

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-28 17:05 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29980Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29980Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kde kde 4.0.0
kde kde 4.0.1
kde kde 4.0.2
kde kde 4.0.3
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