CVE-2008-5101

N/A Unknown

Published: November 17, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image, related to an "array overflow."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505399

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/12/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://optipng.sourceforge.net/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.6.1.1.diff?download

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/32651

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34259

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=639631&group_id=151404

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32248

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3108

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46519

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505399