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title: "CVE-2005-0639\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-0639

Publication date 2 March 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in xli before 1.17 may allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code via "buffer management errors" from certain image
properties, some of which may be related to integer overflows in PPM files.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xli | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.17.0-21 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.17.0-21 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.17.0-21 |
| xloadimage | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 4.1-16 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 4.1-16 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 4.1-16 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0639)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0639)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-0639)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0639)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0639>