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CVE-2004-0981

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the EXIF parsing routine in ImageMagick before 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain image file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.0
• gentoo Linux: all versions
• ImageMagick: 5.3.3, 5.4.3, 5.4.4.5, 5.4.7, 5.4.8, 5.4.8.2.1.1.0 (+11)
• Suse Linux: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/12995/
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-11.xml
• http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Changelog.html
• http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11548
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17903
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10472
• https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-7-1/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12995/
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-11.xml
• http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Changelog.html
• http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11548
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17903

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