CVE-2004-0688

N/A Unknown
Published: October 20, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Multiple integer overflows in (1) the xpmParseColors function in parse.c, (2) XpmCreateImageFromXpmImage, (3) CreateXImage, (4) ParsePixels, and (5) ParseAndPutPixels for libXpm before 6.8.1 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed XPM image file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000924
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109530851323415&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-003.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/20235
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57653-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-560
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-34.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-07.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537878
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:098
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_34_xfree86_libs_xshared.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-537.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434715/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11196
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-136A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1914
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17416
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11796
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/27-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000924
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109530851323415&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-003.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/20235
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57653-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-560
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-34.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-07.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537878
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:098
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_34_xfree86_libs_xshared.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-537.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434715/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11196
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-136A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1914
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17416
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11796
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/27-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

46 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
16.0%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

x.org suse openbsd xfree86_project