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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-0553 Detail

Current Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in Tk (Tcl/Tk) before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.


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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28784 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28784 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28807 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28807 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28848 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28848 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28857 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28857 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28867 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28867 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28954 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28954 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29069 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29069 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29070 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29070 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30129 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30129 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30188 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30188 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30783 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30783 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32608
http://secunia.com/advisories/32608
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=573933&group_id=10894
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=573933&group_id=10894
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655 Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655 Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:7.5p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:7.6p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.0p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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8.4.17
 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4a3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4a4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5_a3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5a2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5a3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5a4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5a5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5a6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.5b3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0553
NVD Published Date:
02/07/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.