Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3178 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.34%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2026-01-09 | 2.21% | 2.34% | +0.13% |
| 2 | 2025-06-29 | 2.61% | 2.21% | -0.41% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 2.61% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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4.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2005-3178 medium 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-2005-3178 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3178 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-3178 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xli), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3178 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| xli | xli | — | cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| xloadimage | xloadimage | <= 4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:xloadimage:xloadimage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |