CVE-2008-1928 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via a buffer overflow in the Imager library when processing images with mismatched channel counts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1928?
CVE-2008-1928 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Buffer overflow in Imager 0.42 through 0.63 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an image based fill in which the number of input channels is different from the number of output channels.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1928?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imager Imager.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1928?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-1928 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1928 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1928, GHSA-27p3-v3ff-v3x4.