# CVE-2005-0397: Format string vulnerability in the SetImageInfo function in image.c for ImageMagick before 6.0.2.5 may allow remote attackers to cause a den

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-03-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Format string vulnerability in the SetImageInfo function in image.c for ImageMagick before 6.0.2.5 may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename argument to convert, which may be called by other web applications.

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110987256010857&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19586
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83542
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_imagemagick.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-320.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-702
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10302
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-070.html

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