CVE-2013-4298 (GCVE-0-2013-4298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-10 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
The ReadGIFImage function in coders/gif.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.8-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted comment in a GIF image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1949-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagema… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewt… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721273 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/54671 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/54581 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2750 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2013-07-31 00:00
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