CVE-2006-5456 Memory corruption in n/a
Buffer overflows in GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malicious DCM or PALM images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-5456?
CVE-2006-5456 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 23 Oct 2006.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.7 and ImageMagick 6.0.7 allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a DCM image that is not properly handled by the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c, or (2) a PALM image that is not properly handled by the ReadPALMImage function in coders/palm.c.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5456?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5456?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-5456 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5456 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5456, GHSA-cfvq-2qp7-r72f.