HIGH
imlib2: New upstream release 1.4.2 contains security updates
Published Feb 6, 2009
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.82%
Description
imlib2 before 1.4.2 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted (1) ARGB, (2) BMP, (3) JPEG, (4) LBM, (5) PNM, (6) TGA, or (7) XPM file, related to "several heap and stack based buffer overflows - partly due to integer overflows."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.4.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.3.0
- 1.4.0
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.82% 0.02819
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02819
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 | 2.82% (0.02819) | 86.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.82% (0.02819) | 84.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.82% (0.02822) | 84.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.46% (0.06457) | 84.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.82% (0.02822) | 85.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00990) | 84.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00990) | 83.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | 0.99% (0.00990) | 81.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.00% (0.01001) | 81.30th | 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) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576469 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32354 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39340 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=634778 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2029 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31880 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2898 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0803 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-6079 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467838 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46037 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6079
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6079
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576469 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32354 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39340 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=634778 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2029 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31880 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2898 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0803 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-6079 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467838 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46037 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6079 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6079 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 6, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 5, 2009
Link CVE-2008-6079
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a