# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Apr 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1928, GHSA-27p3-v3ff-v3x4

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1928?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Imager Imager.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-1928?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2008-1928 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1928 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1928/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1928/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1928
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1928
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1928

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