CVE-2006-5456
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5441)
- Published
- October 23, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5441 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / imagemagick
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc
- http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick_1.1.7-9/changelog#versionversion1.1.7-9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22569(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22572(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22601(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22604(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22819(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22834(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22998(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23090(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23121(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24186(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24196(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24458(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-07.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-19.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.352092
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1213
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:193
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:041
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_66_imagemagick.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_3_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/29990
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452718/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459507/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20707
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-372-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-422-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4170(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4171(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210921(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29816
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1034
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-811
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9765
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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