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CVE-2008-1096

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1096 describes an out-of-bounds heap write vulnerability in the XCF coder of ImageMagick 6.2.8-0 and GraphicsMagick 1.1.7. This flaw, triggered by a crafted .xcf file, can lead to a denial of service (crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring user assistance, but it has a low EPSS score and no known active exploitation. There is no public exploit code available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0453 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-28
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-17.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.2.8.0-4.el5_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1096Moderate

Out of bound write in ImageMagick's XCF coder

Mar 11, 2007

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
osvdb.org / 43212
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/29786
secunia.com / advisories/30967
secunia.com / advisories/32945
secunia.com / advisories/36260
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41194
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10843
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1858
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0145.html
securityfocus.com / bid/28821
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-681-1