Name: CVE-2008-5101: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-5101, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.02317

Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image, related to an "array overflow."

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade optipng	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 17, 2008
Freebsd	—	Upgrade optipng	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 19, 2009
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-gfx/optipng.	Oct 30, 2017	Nov 17, 2008
Suse	—	Upgrade optipng	Feb 17, 2015	Nov 17, 2008

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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