CVE-2002-0167: Imlib before 1.9.13 sometimes uses the NetPBM package to load trusted images, which could allow attackers to cause a denial of service…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 84.4% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
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Imlib before 1.9.13 sometimes uses the NetPBM package to load trusted images, which could allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain weaknesses of NetPBM.
- Published
- Apr 22, 2002
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.4% · 84th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
31
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.4%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| enlightenment | imlib | cpe:2.3:a:enlightenment:imlib |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- enlightenment imlib1.9
- enlightenment imlib1.9.1
- enlightenment imlib1.9.10
- enlightenment imlib1.9.11
- enlightenment imlib1.9.12
- enlightenment imlib1.9.2
- enlightenment imlib1.9.3
- enlightenment imlib1.9.4
+5 more rows
- enlightenment imlib1.9.5
- enlightenment imlib1.9.6
- enlightenment imlib1.9.7
- enlightenment imlib1.9.8
- enlightenment imlib1.9.9
Same product
enlightenment: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2004-1025Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in imlib 1.9.14 and earlier, which is used by gkrellm and several window managers, allow remote…42Plan
- CVE-2004-1026Multiple integer overflows in the image handler for imlib 1.9.14 and earlier, which is used by gkrellm and several window managers, allow…41Plan
- CVE-2004-0817Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the imlib BMP image handler allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP file.31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2002-0143Mar 25, 2002 · Buffer overflow in Eterm of Enlightenment Imlib2 1.0.4 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment…18Monitor
- Later →CVE-2002-0168Apr 22, 2002 · Vulnerability in Imlib before 1.9.13 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by…31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2004-0802Dec 31, 2004 · Buffer overflow in the BMP loader in imlib2 before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially-crafted BMP…21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
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References
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