Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-0553

Title: Tcl Tk RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-0553.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Feb 07, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-0553: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in Tk (Tcl/Tk) before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.

Impacted Vendors

tcl_tk 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28784 http://secunia.com/advisories/28807 http://secunia.com/advisories/28848 http://secunia.com/advisories/28857 http://secunia.com/advisories/28867 http://secunia.com/advisories/28954 http://secunia.com/advisories/29069 http://secunia.com/advisories/29070 http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 http://secunia.com/advisories/30129 http://secunia.com/advisories/30188 http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 http://secunia.com/advisories/30783 http://secunia.com/advisories/32608 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309 http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=573933&group_id=10894 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28784 http://secunia.com/advisories/28807 http://secunia.com/advisories/28848 http://secunia.com/advisories/28857 http://secunia.com/advisories/28867 http://secunia.com/advisories/28954 http://secunia.com/advisories/29069 http://secunia.com/advisories/29070 http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 http://secunia.com/advisories/30129 http://secunia.com/advisories/30188 http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 http://secunia.com/advisories/30783 http://secunia.com/advisories/32608 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309 http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=573933&group_id=10894 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0054 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2215 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-0553 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 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 07, 2008 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.