CVE-2008-5101
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image, related to an "array overflow."
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
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5080)
- Published
- November 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5080 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- optipng / optipng
- optipng / optipng
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505399
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/12/1
- http://optipng.sourceforge.net/(Patch)
- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.6.1.1.diff?download(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32651(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=639631&group_id=151404(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32248
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3108
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46519
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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