CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-0687

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows were found in libXpm before version 6.8.1 in functions xpmParseColors, ParseAndPutPixels, and ParsePixels. A remote attacker can exploit a specially crafted XPM image file to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is the possibility of remote code execution without authentication, which could lead to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update libXpm to version 6.8.1 or later and avoid processing XPM images from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) xpmParseColors in parse.c, (2) ParseAndPutPixels in create.c, and (3) ParsePixels in parse.c for libXpm before 6.8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed XPM image file.

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