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Critical
CVE-2008-1670
Heap-based buffer overflow in the progressive PNG Image loader (decoders/pngloader.cpp)...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the progressive PNG Image loader (decoders/pngloader.cpp) in KHTML in KDE 4.0.x up to 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29980
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 28th, 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.