CVE-2007-4988
Sign extension error in the ReadDIBImage function in ImageMagick before 6.3.5-9 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width value in an image file, which triggers
02 Description
Sign extension error in the ReadDIBImage function in ImageMagick before 6.3.5-9 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted width value in an image file, which triggers
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-09-24 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0db9a3374706448d6f685dec041022e94cfe4c7f86eb5f19e91e72eb11ef7fd2
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27364http://secunia.com/advisories/27364
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0145http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html
- www.securityfocus.com20071112 FLEA-2007-0066-1 ImageMagickhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483572/100/0/threaded
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-523-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-523-1
- secunia.com27309http://secunia.com/advisories/27309
- secunia.com29786http://secunia.com/advisories/29786
- www.securityfocus.com25765http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25765
- www.imagemagick.orghttp://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3245http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3245
- labs.idefense.com20070919 Multiple Vendor ImageMagick Sign Extension Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=597
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200710-27http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-27.xml
- www.securitytracker.com1018729http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018729
- secunia.com27048http://secunia.com/advisories/27048
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comimagemagick-readdibimage-bo(36737)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36737
- secunia.com28721http://secunia.com/advisories/28721
- secunia.com27439http://secunia.com/advisories/27439
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1743
- www.debian.orgDSA-1858http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1858
- studio.imagemagick.org[Magick-announce] 20070917 ImageMagick 6.3.5-9, important security updateshttp://studio.imagemagick.org/pipermail/magick-announce/2007-September/000037.html
- secunia.com26926http://secunia.com/advisories/26926
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:035http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:035
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9656https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9656
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186030
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:023http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_23_sr.html
- secunia.com36260http://secunia.com/advisories/36260
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.1.11-1
- imagemagick Fixed in 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.1.11-1
- imagemagick Fixed in 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.1.11-1
- imagemagick Fixed in 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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