CVE-2008-5101

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 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: yes
Published: 2008-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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."

Affected products

Optipng: 0.6, 0.6.1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505399
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/12/1
http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.6.1.1.diff?download
http://secunia.com/advisories/32651
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-01.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=639631&group_id=151404
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32248
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46519

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