CVE-2008-5263

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the mt_codec::getHdrHead function in kernel/kls_hdr/fmt_codec_hdr.cpp in ksquirrel-libs 0.8.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance RGBE image (aka .hdr file).

Affected products

Dmitry Baryshev Ksquirrel-Libs: 0.8.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33469
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-63/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501228/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33902
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48901
http://secunia.com/advisories/33469
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-63/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501228/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33902
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48901

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