Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in ImageMagick, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. These issues are caused by buffer overflow and infinite loop errors in the "ReadBlobString()", "ReadDIBImage()", "AllocateImageColormap()", "ReadDCMImage()", "ReadDIBImage()", "ReadXBMImage()", "ReadDCMImage()" and "ReadXCFImage()" functions when processing malformed images, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or compromise a vulnerable system via a malicious image.
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by regenrecht and iDefense Labs.
ChangeLog
2007-09-24 : Initial release
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