CVE-2008-0553 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-0553

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tcl tk
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.1, 3.3, 4.0p1, 6.1, 6.1p1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 7.0, 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5p1, 7.6, 7.6p2, 8.0, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0p2, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.3.0, 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.3.3, 8.3.4, 8.3.5, 8.4.0, 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3, 8.4.4, 8.4.5, 8.4.6, 8.4.7, 8.4.8, 8.4.9, 8.4.10, 8.4.11, 8.4.12, 8.4.13, 8.4.14, 8.4.15, 8.4.16, 8.4a2, 8.4a3, 8.4a4, 8.4b1, 8.4b2, 8.5.0, 8.5_a3, 8.5a1, 8.5a2, 8.5a3, 8.5a4, 8.5a5, 8.5a6, 8.5b1, 8.5b2, 8.5b3

Timeline

Official Publish: February 7th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.