CVE-2008-6072 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service crash in GraphicsMagick by providing malicious XCF or CINEON image files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-6072?
CVE-2008-6072 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 6 Feb 2009. 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
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.14, and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors in (1) XCF and (2) CINEON images.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6072?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick.
How do I fix CVE-2008-6072?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-6072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6072 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6072, GHSA-h8pf-qgjm-rg7h.