CVE-2008-0985

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the GIF library in the WebKit framework for Google Android SDK m3-rc37a and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file whose logical screen height and width are different than the actual height and width.

Affected products

Google Android Sdk: m3-rc37a

References

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3727
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40998
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-sdk-update-m5-rc15-released.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3727
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2148
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489135/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40998

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