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CVE-2008-5187

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2008-11-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The load function in the XPM loader for imlib2 1.4.2, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XPM file that triggers a "pointer arithmetic error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2426.

Affected Platforms

Enlightenment Imlib2

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References