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TI-2005-03005 Aliases CVE-2005-3178GHSA-g3j8-jppq-c6p4

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04047 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableXli
cpe:2.3:a:xloadimage:xloadimage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.1VulnerableXloadimage
  • cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Xli
  • cpe:2.3:a:xloadimage:xloadimage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.1 Vulnerable ·Xloadimage

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:802 Released 2005-10-18 · Red Hat rating Low
    xloadimage security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3.i386, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4.i386, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3.i386, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4.i386, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3.i386, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4.i386, xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:802
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:802
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:802
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:802
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:802
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:802
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:802
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:802

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3178
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g3j8-jppq-c6p4

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 3

Sources

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