CVE-2008-5101

Exp

Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image, related to an "array overflow."

Published: 2008-11-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5101 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.99%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.72% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5101

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5101

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 2.27% 3.99% +1.72%
2 2025-03-30 1.43% 2.27% +0.83%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.43% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5101

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5101

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5101

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-5101 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (optipng), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5101
gentoo normal CVE-2008-5101: 1 GLSA(s) (200812-01), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/optipng); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-5101
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5101
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5101 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (optipng), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5101

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5101

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
optipng optipng 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:optipng:optipng:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
optipng optipng 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:optipng:optipng:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5101

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