CVE-2007-4988

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4988
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-24 22:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSign 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-681 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1858-1 imagemagick af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ImageMagick Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
[Magick-announce] ImageMagick 6.3.5-9, important security updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 studio.imagemagick.org Broken Link
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
rPath update for ImageMagick - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
ImageMagick Off-by-one and Integer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat update for ImageMagick - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
USN-523-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
ImageMagick: Changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.imagemagick.org Release Notes
Gentoo Bug 186030 - media-gfx/imagemagick < 6.3.5.9: Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2007-498{5,6,7,8}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Issue Tracking
ImageMagick ReadDIBImage Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for imagemagick - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com Broken Link
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Mandriva update for ImageMagick - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Gentoo update for imagemagick - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1743 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
Debian update for imagemagick - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
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