CVE-2008-1670

Publication date 28 April 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kde4libs	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored
	7.04 feisty	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

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Patch details

Notes

mdeslaur

reproducer in RH bug

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
kde4libs	Upstream: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-4.0.3-khtml.diff

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-1.txt
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1670