VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5101
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."
HIGH 9.3EPSS 4.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.02% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- optipng/optipng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505399
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/12/1
- http://optipng.sourceforge.net/Patch
- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.6.1.1.diff?downloadExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32651Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=639631&group_id=151404Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32248
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3108
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46519
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505399
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/12/1
- http://optipng.sourceforge.net/Patch
- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.6.1.1.diff?downloadExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32651Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=639631&group_id=151404Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32248
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3108
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46519
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.