CVE-2008-5884 Denial of service in n/a
AyeView crashes when processing a GIF file with a malformed header, allowing user-assisted attackers to cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5884?
CVE-2008-5884 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jan 2009.
Official description
AyeView 2.20 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a GIF file with a malformed header.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5884?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zkesoft Ayeview.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-5884 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5884 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wg2w-95m7-8cfm.