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CVE-2004-0687
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) xpmParseColors in parse.c, (2) ParseAndPutPixels in create.c, and (3) ParsePixels in parse.c…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) xpmParseColors in parse.c, (2) ParseAndPutPixels in create.c, and (3) ParsePixels in parse.c for libXpm before 6.8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed XPM image file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- RHSA-2005:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- USN-27-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1914 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- GLSA-200409-34 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- VU#882750 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- TA05-136A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:098 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- HPSBUX02119 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:537 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 20040915 CESA-2004-004: libXpm (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-560 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-05-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- CLA-2005:924 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2004:034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 11196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 20235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- 57653 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9187 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_transferred
- libxpm-multiple-stack-bo(17414) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170620/Solaris-10-dtprintinfo-libXm-libXpm-Security-Issues.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0686 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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