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.
Published: 2008-04-28
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 4.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1671 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:32:01.265Z

Reserved: 2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1670

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-28T17:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1670

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2008-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1670 - Bugzilla

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