CVE-2007-4988

HIGH

Imagemagick < 6.3.5-9 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule

Description

Sign 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.

References (25)

[Issue Tracking] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186030

[Broken Link] http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=597

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/26926

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/27048

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/27309

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/27364

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/27439

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/28721

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/29786

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/36260

[Third Party Advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-27.xml

[Broken Link] http://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-announce/2007-September/000037.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858

[Release Notes] http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php

[Broken Link] http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:035

[Broken Link] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_23_sr.html

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483572/100/0/threaded

[Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25765

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018729

... and 5 more

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0230

EPSS Percentile 84.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-681

Status draft

Affected Products (4)

imagemagick/imagemagick < 6.3.5-9

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Sep 24, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026