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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-0638 · published 2 March 2005

CVE-2005-0638: Xli vulnerability

Xli · Xli

xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.6% · top 10.9%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
3.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

xloadimage before 4.1-r2, and xli before 1.17, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in filenames for compressed images, which are not properly quoted when calling the gunzip command.

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

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14459 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14462 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/14365
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79762 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14459 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14462 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-134_RHSA-2005-332.pdf
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/14365
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-332.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12712
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10898

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-0638), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.