CVE-2008-1097
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1108)
- Published
- March 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1108 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- imagemagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / imagemagick
- imagemagick / imagemagick
- imagemagick / imagemagick
- imagemagick / imagemagick
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413034
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/43213
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29786
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55721
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-10.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:099
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0165.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28822
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019881
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285861(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41193
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11237
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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