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CVE-2008-0985 (GCVE-0-2008-0985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-06 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:01
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Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the GIF library in the WebKit framework for Google Android SDK m3-rc37a and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file whose logical screen height and width are different than the actual height and width.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2008-03-04 00:00
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