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CVE-2004-0914: Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm for 6.8.1 and earlier, as used in XFree86 and other packages, include (1)…

CVE-2004-0914 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 6 affected products, including Lesstif. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm for 6.8.1 and earlier, as used in XFree86 and other packages, include (1) multiple integer overflows, (2) out-of-bounds memory accesses, (3) directory traversal, (4) shell metacharacter, (5) endless loops, and (6) memory leaks, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or execute arbitrary code via a certain XPM image file. NOTE: it is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into other candidates in the future, per CVE's content decisions.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Lesstif: 0.93; 0.93.12; 0.93.18; 0.93.34; 0.93.36; 0.93.40; 0.93.91; 0.93.94; 0.93.96
  • X.Org X11r6: 6.7.0; 6.8; 6.8.1
  • Xfree86 Project X11r6: 3.3; 3.3.2; 3.3.3; 3.3.4; 3.3.5; 3.3.6; 4.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2.11; 4.0.3; 4.1.0; 4.1.11
  • Gentoo Linux: all versions listed by NVD
  • Red Hat Fedora Core: core_2.0; core_3.0
  • Suse Linux: 1.0; 8; 8.1; 8.2; 9.0; 9.1; 9.2

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