Multiple buffer overflows in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.7 and ImageMagick 6.0.7 allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service…

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.7 and ImageMagick 6.0.7 allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a DCM image that is not properly handled by the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c, or (2) a PALM image that is not properly handled by the ReadPALMImage function in coders/palm.c.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.8% · top 10.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (36)

• 24196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick_1.1.7-9/changelog#versionversion1.1.7-9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 22572 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200611-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 22601 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24458 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20061127 rPSA-2006-0218-1 ImageMagick (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 22834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• imagemagick-graphicsmagick-palm-bo(29816) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 23090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1034 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SSA:2007-066-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• 22819 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22604 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-422-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 20070208 rPSA-2007-0029-1 ImageMagick (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• GLSA-200611-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 20707 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 23121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-811 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4171 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22998 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24186 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 29990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• USN-372-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 22569 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:48 UTC.