CVE-2008-1097
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:Mar 11, 2007
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Mar 5, 2008
EPSS Score:0.06243
CVSS Score:6.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Imagemagick
Product
Graphicsmagick
Imagemagick
Graphicsmagick
Vendor
Imagemagick
Product
Imagemagick
Imagemagick
Imagemagick
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
