xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0638 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.60%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 2.39% | 3.60% | +1.22% |
| 2 | 2025-07-05 | 2.77% | 2.39% | -0.39% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 2.77% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2005-0638 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (xli, xloadimage), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0638 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2005-0638: 1 GLSA(s) (200503-05), 2 atom(s) (media-gfx/xli, media-gfx/xloadimage); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-0638 |
redhat
|
low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0638 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2005-0638 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (xli, xloadimage), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 6, needs-triage 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0638 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| xli | xli | 1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| xli | xli | 1.15 | cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| xli | xli | 1.16 | cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| xli | xli | 1.17 | cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| altlinux | alt_linux | 2.3 | cpe:2.3:o:altlinux:alt_linux:2.3:*:compact:*:*:*:*:* |
| altlinux | alt_linux | 2.3 | cpe:2.3:o:altlinux:alt_linux:2.3:*:junior:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 4.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 4.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 4.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 4.4.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 5.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 5.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 5.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:spa:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 8.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.1 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.2 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | 9.3 | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |