CVE-2004-0914

critical

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm for 6.8.1 and earlier, as used in XFree86 and other packages, include (1) multiple integer overflows, (2) out-of-bounds memory accesses, (3) directory traversal, (4) shell metacharacter, (5) endless loops, and (6) memory leaks, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or execute arbitrary code via a certain XPM image file. NOTE: it is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into other candidates in the future, per CVE's content decisions.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9943

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18147

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18146

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18145

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18144

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18142

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTU01228

http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.1/patches/README.xorg-681-CAN-2004-0914.patch

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-83-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-83-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11694

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-004.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-610.html

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00001.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:137

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/106877/102/

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-07.xml

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-06.xml

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-28.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-607

http://secunia.com/advisories/13224/

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-537.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-01-10

Updated: 2017-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical