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.
Published: 2008-03-05
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 6.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1858-1 New imagemagick packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1108 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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Imagemagick Graphicsmagick Imagemagick
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:08:57.599Z

Reserved: 2008-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1097

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-05T20:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1097

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2007-03-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1097 - Bugzilla

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