CVE-2008-1670

Published: Apr 28, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the progressive PNG Image loader (decoders/pngloader.cpp) in KHTML in KDE 4.0.x up to 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image.

Affected (4)

Products: Kde: Kde

Kde

1 product

Kde

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Kde Kde	Version 4.0.0
Kde Kde	Version 4.0.1
Kde Kde	Version 4.0.2
Kde Kde	Version 4.0.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (14)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/29980

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html