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CVE-2008-5187

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5187 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the XPM loader of imlib2, specifically version 1.4.2 and potentially others, including enlightenment. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted XPM file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) and potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:imlib2:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0364 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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-2008-5187Important

imilb2: pointer arithmetic flaw in XPM loader

Nov 14, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
osvdb.org / 49970
secunia.com / advisories/32796
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32843
secunia.com / advisories/32949
secunia.com / advisories/32963
secunia.com / advisories/33323
secunia.com / advisories/33568
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200812-23.xml
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00856.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00858.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1672
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/20/5
securityfocus.com / bid/32371
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-683-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3212