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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1097

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1097 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12graphicsmagick0, 0, 0
Debian:13graphicsmagick0, 0, 0
Debian:14graphicsmagick0, 0, 0
Debian:12imagemagick0, 0, 0
Debian:14imagemagick0, 0, 0
Debian:11graphicsmagick0, 0, 0
Debian:11imagemagick0, 0, 0
Debian:13imagemagick0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 5, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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