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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-3178 · published 7 October 2005

CVE-2005-3178: Xli vulnerability

Xli · Xli

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.

5.1 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.0% · top 9.7%
5.1CVSS 2.0 base score
4.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
52References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.62/SCOSA-2005.62.txt
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.56/SCOSA-2005.56.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112862493918840&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17087/ Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17124
http://secunia.com/advisories/17139
http://secunia.com/advisories/17140
http://secunia.com/advisories/17143
http://secunia.com/advisories/17206
http://secunia.com/advisories/17273
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
http://secunia.com/advisories/17369
http://secunia.com/advisories/18050
http://secunia.com/advisories/18170
http://secunia.com/advisories/18491
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015072
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-013.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-858 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-859 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-26.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:192
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-802.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15051
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10590
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.62/SCOSA-2005.62.txt
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.56/SCOSA-2005.56.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112862493918840&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17087/ Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17124
http://secunia.com/advisories/17139
http://secunia.com/advisories/17140
http://secunia.com/advisories/17143
http://secunia.com/advisories/17206
http://secunia.com/advisories/17273
http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
http://secunia.com/advisories/17369
http://secunia.com/advisories/18050
http://secunia.com/advisories/18170

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-3178), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.