CVE-2008-1097: imagemagick graphicsmagick Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-1097 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in imagemagick graphicsmagick. EPSS estimates a 4.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1Timeline
- 05-03-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.48% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- graphicsmagick< 1.1.7-13
- imagemagick< 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1
Imagemagick2 products
- graphicsmagick1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.12
- imagemagick6.2.8.0 | 6.2.8.1 | 6.2.8.2 | 6.2.8.3
2 vendors · 4 products
References
19 links
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413034X Refsource CONFIRM
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11237VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL