CVE-2008-1670

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the progressive PNG Image loader (decoders/pngloader.cpp) in KHTML in KDE 4.0.x up to 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 28, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-1670: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix