PT-2008-3222 · Kde · Khtml+1

Published 2008-04-28 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1670

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KDE versions 4.0.x up to 4.0.3

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the progressive PNG image loader, specifically in the decoders/pngloader.cpp file of KHTML. This can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted image, potentially leading to a denial of service (crash) and possibly the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For KDE versions 4.0.x up to 4.0.3, update to a version later than 4.0.3 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1670

Affected Products

Kde

Khtml

References · 8

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28937 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29980 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1670 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038 · Note
• http://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019929 · Note