CVE-2008-5937 Denial of service in n/a
AyeView crashes or consumes excessive memory when processing a maliciously crafted bitmap file with large dimensions, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5937?
CVE-2008-5937 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
AyeView 2.20 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a bitmap (aka .bmp) file with large height and width values.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5937?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zkesoft Ayeview.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5937?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5937 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-2008-5937 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5937 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9x3q-rcq2-qvxh.