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CVE-2005-1275

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1275 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadPNMImage function of ImageMagick 6.2.1 and earlier, affecting ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted PNM file with a small colors value. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it represents a medium severity risk that can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-25527) confirms the existence of public exploit code.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25527 · Apr 25, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1392 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-14
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-11
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1275Important

security flaw

Apr 24, 2005

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
seclists.org / lists/bugtraq/2005/Apr/0407.html
Exploit
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10003
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A711
imagemagick.org / script/changelog.php
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
overflow.pl / adv/imheapoverflow.txt
Exploit
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-413.html
securityfocus.com / bid/13351
Exploit