CVE-2005-3178

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.

Affected products

Xli: all versions
Xloadimage: through 4.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112862493918840&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17087/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17124
http://secunia.com/advisories/17139
http://secunia.com/advisories/17140
http://secunia.com/advisories/17143
http://secunia.com/advisories/17206
http://secunia.com/advisories/17273
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
http://secunia.com/advisories/17369

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