6.8

CVE-2008-0553: tcl_tk

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-0553DSA-1490-1DSA-1491-1
Published 07-02-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0553 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in tcl_tk. EPSS estimates a 4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHSA-2008:0134RHSA-2008:0135RHSA-2008:0136

Timeline

  1. 07-02-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian3 products
  • libtk-img< 1:1.3-release-6+lenny1 | < 1:1.3-15etch2 | < 1:1.3-release-7
  • tk8.3< 8.3.5-4sarge1 | < 8.3.5-6etch2
  • tk8.4< 8.4.9-1sarge2 | < 8.4.12-1etch2
Opensuse1 product
  • tkimg&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.4-5.9
Tcl_tk1 product
  • tcl_tk≤ 8.4.17 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.0p1 | 6.1 | 6.1p1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5p1 | 7.6 | 7.6p2 | 8.0 | 8.0.3 | 8.0.4 | 8.0.5 | 8.0p2 | 8.1 | 8.1.1 | 8.2.0 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.2 | 8.2.3 | 8.3.0 | 8.3.1 | 8.3.2 | 8.3.3 | 8.3.4 | 8.3.5 | 8.4.0 | 8.4.1 | 8.4.2 | 8.4.3 | 8.4.4 | 8.4.5 | 8.4.6 | 8.4.7 | 8.4.8 | 8.4.9 | 8.4.10 | 8.4.11 | 8.4.12 | 8.4.13 | 8.4.14 | 8.4.15 | 8.4.16 | 8.4a2 | 8.4a3 | 8.4a4 | 8.4b1 | 8.4b2 | 8.5.0 | 8.5_a3 | 8.5a1 | 8.5a2 | 8.5a3 | 8.5a4 | 8.5a5 | 8.5a6 | 8.5b1 | 8.5b2 | 8.5b3

3 vendors · 5 products

References

46 links
Show all 46 references