CVE-2008-1097 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-1097

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadPCXImage function in the PCX...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

imagemagick

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Affected Software

graphicsmagick, imagemagick
Vulnerable Versions:
1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 6.2.8.0, 6.2.8.1, 6.2.8.2, 6.2.8.3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 5th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.