HIGH
DevIL: RGBE buffer overflow vulnerabilities
Published Jan 13, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.15%
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the iGetHdrHeader function in src-IL/src/il_hdr.c in DevIL 1.7.4 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance RGBE file.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.7.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.15% 0.03153
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03153
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 | 3.15% (0.03153) | 87.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.15% (0.03153) | 86.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.72% (0.01716) | 80.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.62% (0.03619) | 79.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.57% (0.01573) | 80.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01215) | 85.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01215) | 85.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01215) | 83.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.35% (0.01355) | 84.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.21% (0.03214) | 84.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.21% (0.03214) | 82.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.21% (0.03214) | 65.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33470 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33637 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33801 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-59/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1717 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33231 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5262 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479864 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5262
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5262
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00845.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33470 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33637 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33801 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-59/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1717 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33231 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5262 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479864 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5262 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5262 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00845.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner flexera
Published Jan 13, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 28, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5262
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a