CVE-2005-0638
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-03-04 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-03-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7781b27f5960ac1d21cb00418425089ebf7a91ee1018c0a7f09c11c482e9d074
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com12712http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200503-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
- secunia.com14459http://secunia.com/advisories/14459
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762
- www.debian.orgDSA-695http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:332http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
- secunia.com14462http://secunia.com/advisories/14462
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10898https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA-2006:152923http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
- www.osvdb.org14365http://www.osvdb.org/14365
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xli Fixed in 1.17.0-18
- xloadimage Fixed in 4.1-14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xli Fixed in 1.17.0-18
- xloadimage Fixed in 4.1-14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xli Fixed in 1.17.0-18
- xloadimage Fixed in 4.1-14.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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