7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2005-1046

Published: 02/05/2005 Updated: 19/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in the kimgio library for KDE 3.4.0 allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCX image file.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis kdelibs security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kdelibs packages that fix a flaw in kimgio input validation are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team ...
Bruno Rohee discovered a buffer overflow in the PCX decoder of kimgio If an attacker tricked a user into loading a malicious PCX image with a KDE application, he could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the image ...