# CVE-2006-0082: Format string vulnerability in the SetImageInfo function in image.c for ImageMagick 6.2.3 and other versions, and GraphicsMagick, allows use

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-01-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Format string vulnerability in the SetImageInfo function in image.c for ImageMagick 6.2.3 and other versions, and GraphicsMagick, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a numeric format string specifier such as %d in the file name, a variant of CVE-2005-0397, and as demonstrated using the convert program.

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## References

- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19408
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452718/100/100/threaded
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345876
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_sr.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.341682
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18851
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0412
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:024
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-13.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23090
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015623
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-389
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18607
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231321-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-246-1
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-06.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18871
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28800
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22998
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18261
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1213

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