CVE-2008-0553
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0563)
- Published
- February 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0563 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
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- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
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- tcl tk / tcl tk
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- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
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- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
- tcl tk / tcl tk
and 19 more…
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28784(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28807(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28848(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28857(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28867(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28954(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29069(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29070(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30129(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30188(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30535(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30717(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30783(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32608
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309
- 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://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041
- 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-2008-0135.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/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655(Patch)
- 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/2008/1456/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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