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CVE-2006-5456 json

Multiple buffer overflows in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.7 and ImageMagick 6.0.7 allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service a…

published 2006-10-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5441

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.11
  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.7-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5456

  • ImageMagick RHEL 2.1 5.3.8-18
  • ImageMagick RHEL 3 5.5.6-24
  • ImageMagick RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-16.0.3
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 2.1 5.3.8-18
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 3 5.5.6-24
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-16.0.3
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 2.1 5.3.8-18
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 3 5.5.6-24

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0015

  • GraphicsMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.36-1.7
  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.0.8-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10596-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10597-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-5456 updated

Overflows in GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick's DCM and PALM handling routines

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0015

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Exploit prediction

3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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