ImageMagick Heap Overflow in Processing PCX Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019881
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019881
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1097
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 17 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Version(s): 6.2.4-5, 6.2.8-0
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in ImageMagick. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted PCX file that, when processed by the target application, will trigger a heap overflow
and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target application.
The vulnerability
resides in the ReadPCXImage() function in 'coders/pcx.c'.
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Impact: A remote user can create a file that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.imagemagick.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:05:28 -0400
Subject: ImageMagick
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Red Hat wrote:
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in ImageMagick's processing of
certain malformed PCX images. If a victim opened a specially-crafted PCX
file, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code on the victim's
machine. (CVE-2008-1097)
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