CVE-2007-4988

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    CVE-2007-4988

    Published: 24 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Sign extension error in the ReadDIBImage function in ImageMagick before 6.3.5-9 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width value in an image file, which triggers an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26926, http://secunia.com/advisories/27048, http://secunia.com/advisories/27309, http://secunia.com/advisories/27364, http://secunia.com/advisories/27439, http://secunia.com/advisories/28721, http://secunia.com/advisories/29786, http://secunia.com/advisories/36260, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-27.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858, http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php, http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:035, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_23_sr.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483572/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25765, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018729, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-523-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3245, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36737, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25765, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25765, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186030, http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=597, http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-announce/2007-September/000037.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483572/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25765, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018729, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1743, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9656

    Affected packages

    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