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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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28784
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30783
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28954
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30188
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=573933&group_id=10894
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32608
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29070
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28848
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29069
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28867
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28807
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
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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.