ImageMagick GraphicsMagick up to 1.1.12 readpcximage resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick GraphicsMagick up to 1.1.12. It has been rated as critical. This affects the function readpcximage. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-1097. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick GraphicsMagick up to 1.1.12 (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function readpcximage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 03/01/2007 as Bug 285861 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1097 since 02/28/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70959 (GLSA-201311-10 : GraphicsMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117320 (CentOS Security Update for ImageMagick (CESA-2008:0145)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41193), Tenable (70959), SecurityFocus (BID 28822†), OSVDB (43213†) and Secunia (SA29786†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2998 and VDB-41334. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 70959
Nessus Name: GLSA-201311-10 : GraphicsMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64637
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1858-1 (imagemagick)
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03/01/2007 🔍
09/11/2007 +194 days 🔍
02/28/2008 +170 days 🔍
03/05/2008 +6 days 🔍
03/16/2008 +11 days 🔍
04/17/2008 +31 days 🔍
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04/22/2008 +4 days 🔍
11/19/2013 +2037 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +482 days 🔍
07/31/2021 +2329 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 285861
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1097 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1097
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41335

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X-Force: 41193
SecurityFocus: 28822 - ImageMagick Malformed PCX File Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29786 - Red Hat update for ImageMagick, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43213 - ImageMagick / GraphicsMagick coders/pcx.c PCX Coder ReadPCXImage Function PCX File Handling Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1019881
Vulnerability Center: 18235 - ImageMagick and GraphicsMagic Remote DoS and Code Execution via a Crafted .pcx File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/31/2021 09:36
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (70), 08/19/2017 09:55 (13), 07/31/2021 09:36 (3)
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