CVE-2008-5101
N/A
Published: November 17, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOptipng
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image, related to an "array overflow."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/12/1x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.6.1.1.diff?downloadThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32651Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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