SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-3178

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.

MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 4.05%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.05%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.

CVSS 2.0
5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.05% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
xli/xli · xloadimage/xloadimage
Source
security@debian.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.