CVE-2008-5101

Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to...

9.3 HighFix available

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."

Exploit likelihood

3.99%Up 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

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."

Record: CVE-2008-5101
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

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."

Record: CVE-2008-5101
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-5080 No score

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."

Record: EUVD-2008-5080
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cjj9-29x7-jq96 No score

Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to...

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."

Record: GHSA-cjj9-29x7-jq96
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

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."

Record: CVE-2008-5101
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5101 No score

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."

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5101
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11131-1 No score

optipng-0.7.7-2.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the optipng-0.7.7-2.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:11131-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

optipng

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`optipng` Debian:12	before 0.6.1.1-1	0.6.1.1-1
`optipng` Debian:13	before 0.6.1.1-1	0.6.1.1-1
`optipng` Debian:14	before 0.6.1.1-1	0.6.1.1-1
`optipng` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0.7.7-2.3	0.7.7-2.3

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-5101 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Optipng, published November 17, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.99%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in optipng 0.6.1.1-1.

References

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