CVE-2005-4601 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2005-4601?

CVE-2005-4601 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 1 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The delegate code in ImageMagick 6.2.4.5-0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename that is processed by the display command.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4601?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4601?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2005-4601 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4601 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4601, DSA-957-2, GHSA-5jj5-jc9x-8v3m.