CVE-2008-1097

Publication date 5 March 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
graphicsmagick 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
imagemagick 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

tried the reproducer in the bug reports, and imagemagick not affected. Debian report says amd64 should be affected (but can't reproduce)

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick