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 the gunzip command.
2005-03-02T05:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | xli | xli | 1.14 | Yes |
| Application | xli | xli | 1.15 | Yes |
| Application | xli | xli | 1.16 | Yes |
| Application | xli | xli | 1.17 | Yes |
| Operating System | altlinux | alt_linux | 2.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | altlinux | alt_linux | 2.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 1.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 2.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 4.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 4.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 4.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 4.4.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 5.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 5.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 5.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 5.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 6.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 7.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 8.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 8.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 8.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 8.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 9.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 9.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 9.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 9.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 9.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 9.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | suse | suse_linux | 9.3 | Yes |