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CVE-2008-1097
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)…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.5%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (18)
- GLSA-201311-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 28822 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285861 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29857 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 43213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1019881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 55721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29786 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413034 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30967 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11237 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- imagemagick-readpcximage-bo(41193) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 36260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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