CVE-2005-0638

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 2, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-0638: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix