CVE-2008-1670
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1671)
- Published
- April 28, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1671 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kde / kde
- kde / kde
- kde / kde
- kde / kde
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29980(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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