Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0688
CVE-2004-0688
Description
Multiple integer overflows in (1) the xpmParseColors function in parse.c, (2) XpmCreateImageFromXpmImage, (3) CreateXImage, (4) ParsePixels, and (5) ParseAndPutPixels for libXpm before 6.8.1 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed XPM image file.
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Affected products
24cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.1:*:errata:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x11r6:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
23- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11196nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537878nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-136A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
- ftp.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patchnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-003.txtnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20235nvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-560nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-34.xmlnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-07.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_34_xfree86_libs_xshared.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00001.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-537.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-004.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434715/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1914nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17416nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11796nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/27-1/nvd
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