Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2008-5262

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5262 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the iGetHdrHeader function within DevIL 1.7.4, specifically impacting its handling of Radiance RGBE files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, as it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:devil:developers_image_library:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0315 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5262Moderate

DevIL: RGBE buffer overflow vulnerabilities

Jan 9, 2009

References

secunia.com / advisories/33470
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33637
secunia.com / advisories/33801
secunia.com / secunia_research/2008-59
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00845.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1717
securityfocus.com / bid/33231