CVE-2008-5937

high

Description

AyeView 2.20 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a bitmap (aka .bmp) file with large height and width values.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6672

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48183

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4939

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H