CVE-2008-1096

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1096
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-05 20:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

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
Application Imagemagick Graphicsmagick 1.1.10 All All All
Application Imagemagick Graphicsmagick 1.1.11 All All All
Application Imagemagick Graphicsmagick 1.1.12 All All All
Application Imagemagick Graphicsmagick 1.1.7 All All All
Application Imagemagick Graphicsmagick 1.1.8 All All All
Application Imagemagick Graphicsmagick 1.1.9 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.2.8.0 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.2.8.1 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.2.8.2 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 6.2.8.3 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
Bug 286411 – CVE-2008-1096 Out of bound write in ImageMagick's XCF coder af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
ImageMagick Malformed XCF File Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:099 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-681-1: ImageMagick vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ImageMagick Heap Overflow in Processing XCF Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Ubuntu update for imagemagick - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for ImageMagick - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
#414370 - graphicsmagick: Couple of segfaults in PICT coder - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
osvdb.org/43212 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian update for imagemagick - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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