CVE-2008-1097

Memory corruption in ImageMagick's PCX coder

Published Mar 5, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 4.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:08 AM
Reserved
Feb 28, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 5, 2008, 8:44 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:50 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 11, 2007, 12:00 AM