CVE-2008-1097

N/A Unknown
Published: March 05, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadPCXImage function in the PCX coder in coders/pcx.c in (1) ImageMagick 6.2.4-5 and 6.2.8-0 and (2) GraphicsMagick (aka gm) 1.1.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pcx file that triggers incorrect memory allocation for the scanline array, leading to memory corruption.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/43213
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413034
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/43213
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29786
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29857
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36260
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/55721
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-10.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:099
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0165.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28822
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019881
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285861
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41193
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.5%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

imagemagick