CVE-2008-1097

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    CVE-2008-1097

    Published: 5 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29786, http://secunia.com/advisories/29857, http://secunia.com/advisories/30967, http://secunia.com/advisories/36260, http://secunia.com/advisories/55721, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-10.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:099, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285861, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413034, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html, http://osvdb.org/43213, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0165.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28822, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019881, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41193, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11237

    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