kdelibs: Buffer overflow in KHTML's image loader
Published Apr 28, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.76%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of KDE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.76% (0.04762) | 91.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.76% (0.04762) | 90.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.19% (0.04194) | 87.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.46% (0.08457) | 87.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.19% (0.04194) | 87.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.02% (0.05021) | 92.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.00% (0.04001) | 92.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.86% (0.03863) | 90.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 88.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 74.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29980 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1670 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443766 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1670
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1670
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29980 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28937 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019929 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1371/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1670 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443766 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42038 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1670 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1670 |
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