Is CVE-2007-4988 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4988 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4988?

CVE-2007-4988 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-4988

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD

Sign extension error in the ReadDIBImage function in ImageMagick before 6.3.5-9 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width value in an image file, which triggers an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-681
EPSS score: 3.1% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4969)
Published: September 24, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4969 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
imagemagick / imagemagick

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186030(Issue Tracking)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=597(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26926(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27048(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27309(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27364(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27439(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28721(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29786(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36260(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-27.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-announce/2007-September/000037.html(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php(Release Notes)
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:035(Broken Link)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_23_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483572/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25765(Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018729(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-523-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3245(Broken Link)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36737(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1743(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9656(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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