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CVE-2008-1097 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
imagemagick graphicsmagick	1.1.7 1.1.8 1.1.9 1.1.10 1.1.11
CPE cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.12:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
imagemagick imagemagick	6.2.8.0 6.2.8.1 6.2.8.2 6.2.8.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.8.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 6, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]