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CVE-2008-1097

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadPCXImage function in the PCX coder in coders/pcx.c in (1)...

6.8 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

4.48%Down 2.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1097
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1097
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1108 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-1108
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w4vc-7rfv-99f6 No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadPCXImage function in the PCX coder in coders/pcx.c in (1)...

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.

Record
GHSA-w4vc-7rfv-99f6
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1097
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1097 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1097
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10596-1 No score

GraphicsMagick-1.3.36-1.7 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the GraphicsMagick-1.3.36-1.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10596-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
graphicsmagick
Debian:12
 before 1.1.7-13
1.1.7-13
graphicsmagick
Debian:13
 before 1.1.7-13
1.1.7-13
graphicsmagick
Debian:14
 before 1.1.7-13
1.1.7-13
imagemagick
Debian:12
 before 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1
7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1
imagemagick
Debian:13
 before 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1
7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1
imagemagick
Debian:14
 before 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1
7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1
imagemagick
Debian:4.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.15+etch1, plus listed versions
7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14
7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.15+etch1
imagemagick
Debian:5.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg2-1~lenny3, plus listed versions
7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-37:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-3~lenny17:6.3.7.9.dfsg2-1~lenny1
7:6.3.7.9.dfsg2-1~lenny3
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:5.5.6-28
0:5.5.6-28
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-c++-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
ImageMagick-perl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:5.3.8-21
0:5.3.8-21
GraphicsMagick
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 1.3.36-1.7
1.3.36-1.7

History

History
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aliasesEUVD
aliases
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-1097 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Imagemagick Graphicsmagick, published March 5, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.48%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in graphicsmagick 1.1.7-13.

References

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