CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0168

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in Imlib before version 1.9.13 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by manipulating arguments passed to malloc, resulting in heap corruption.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience service outages and the risk of unauthorized code execution, potentially leading to data loss or security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Imlib to version 1.9.13 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in Imlib before 1.9.13 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by manipulating arguments that are passed to malloc, which results in a heap corruption.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS