CVE-2008-0553

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in Tk (Tcl/Tk) before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=573933&group_id=10894

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309

http://secunia.com/advisories/32608

http://secunia.com/advisories/30783

http://secunia.com/advisories/30717

http://secunia.com/advisories/30535

http://secunia.com/advisories/30188

http://secunia.com/advisories/30129

http://secunia.com/advisories/29622

http://secunia.com/advisories/29070

http://secunia.com/advisories/29069

http://secunia.com/advisories/28954

http://secunia.com/advisories/28867

http://secunia.com/advisories/28857

http://secunia.com/advisories/28848

http://secunia.com/advisories/28807

http://secunia.com/advisories/28784

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-02-07

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical