# CVE-2004-0981: Buffer overflow in the EXIF parsing routine in ImageMagick before 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain imag

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-11-19 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the EXIF parsing routine in ImageMagick before 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain image file.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11548
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17903
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12995/
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-7-1/
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-11.xml
- http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Changelog.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10472

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