CVE-2008-6071
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in coders/pict.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.14, and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6041)
- Published
- February 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6041 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
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
References
- http://cvs.graphicsmagick.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/GraphicsMagick/coders/pict.c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30549(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604785
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604837
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604837&group_id=73485
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29583
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42906
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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