CVE-2008-1096: imagemagick graphicsmagick

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1096 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in imagemagick graphicsmagick. EPSS estimates a 4.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 05-03-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The load_tile function in the XCF coder in coders/xcf.c in (1) ImageMagick 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 .xcf file that triggers an out-of-bounds heap write, possibly related to the ScaleCharToQuantum function.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.