CVE-2008-6071

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in coders/pict.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.14, and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PICT image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

GraphicsMagick: through 1.1.13; 1.0, 1.0.4, 1.0.6, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+13)

References

http://cvs.graphicsmagick.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/GraphicsMagick/coders/pict.c
http://secunia.com/advisories/30549
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604785
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604837
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604837&group_id=73485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29583
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42906
http://cvs.graphicsmagick.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/GraphicsMagick/coders/pict.c
http://secunia.com/advisories/30549
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604785
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604837
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=604837&group_id=73485

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