CVE-2004-0914

Multiple vulnerabilities in libXpm for 6.8.1 and earlier, as used in XFree86 and other packages, include (1) multiple integer overflows, (2) out-of-bounds memory accesses, (3) directory traversal, (4) shell metacharacter, (5) endless loops, and (6) memory leaks, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (application crash), or execute arbitrary code via a certain XPM image file. NOTE: it is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into other candidates in the future, per CVE’s content decisions.

Date published : 2004-12-15

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11694

http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.1/patches/README.xorg-681-CAN-2004-0914.patch