Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0783

Title: gtk+ XPM image decoder stack-based buffer overflow RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-0783.

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date Oct 20, 2004

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

9.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0783: Stack-based buffer overflow in xpm_extract_color (io-xpm.c) in the XPM image decoder for gtk+ 2.4.4 (gtk2) and earlier, and gdk-pixbuf before 0.22, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain color string. NOTE: this identifier is ONLY for gtk+. It was incorrectly referenced in an advisory for a different issue (CVE-2004-0688).

Impacted Vendors

gnome 2

Reference Links

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000875 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109528994916275&w=2 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-005.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/17657 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101776-1 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/369358 http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:095 http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:096 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:214 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-447.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-466.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419771/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11195 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2005 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17385 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1786 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9348 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000875 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109528994916275&w=2 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-005.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/17657 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101776-1 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/369358 http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:095 http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:096 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:214 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-447.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-466.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419771/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11195 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2005 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17385 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1786 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9348

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0783 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 20, 2004 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.