security flaw
Published Mar 4, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.60%
Description
xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.3
- 7.3
- 7.3
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 9.2
- 9.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
xloadimage-0:4.1-34.RHEL3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:332
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
xloadimage-0:4.1-34.RHEL4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:332
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | xloadimage-0:4.1-34.RHEL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:332 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | xloadimage-0:4.1-34.RHEL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:332 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03603) | 89.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03603) | 87.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.77% (0.02774) | 84.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.35% (0.06347) | 84.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.77% (0.02774) | 85.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00761) | 81.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00761) | 80.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.97% (0.00969) | 81.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14459 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14462 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/14365 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0638 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617554 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0638
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0638
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.