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CVE-2008-1670

Published: 28 April 2008

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
reproducer in RH bug

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
kde4libs
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

feisty Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
gutsy Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hardy Not vulnerable
(4:4.0.3-0ubuntu5.2)
intrepid Not vulnerable
(4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.1)
jaunty Not vulnerable
(4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-4.0.3-khtml.diff