CVE-2007-1797

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in ImageMagick before 6.3.3-5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted DCM image, which results in a heap-based overflow in the ReadDCMImage function, or (2) the (a) colors or (b) comments field in a crafted XWD image, which results in a heap-based overflow in the ReadXWDImage function, different issues than CVE-2007-1667.

Affected products

ImageMagick: 6.3.0.0, 6.3.0.1, 6.3.0.2, 6.3.0.3, 6.3.0.4, 6.3.0.5 (+24)

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=496
http://secunia.com/advisories/24721
http://secunia.com/advisories/24739
http://secunia.com/advisories/25072
http://secunia.com/advisories/25206
http://secunia.com/advisories/25992
http://secunia.com/advisories/26177
http://secunia.com/advisories/29786
http://secunia.com/advisories/29857
http://secunia.com/advisories/36260
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-13.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858

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