CVE-2008-1097

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.00% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-10.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28822 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285861 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29857 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/43213 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019881 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/55721 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29786 third party advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413034
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11237 signature vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0165.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:099 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41193 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/36260 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1097?
CVE-2008-1097 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1097?
To fix CVE-2008-1097, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1097 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1097 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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