CVE-2013-4298

medium

Published 2013-09-10 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The ReadGIFImage function in coders/gif.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.8-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted comment in a GIF image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.7.7.10-6`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.7.7.10-6`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.7.7.10-6`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.7.7.10-6`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.7.7.10-6`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
imagemagick	imagemagick	`{"endIncluding":"6.7.8-7"}`
imagemagick	imagemagick	`6.7.8-0`
imagemagick	imagemagick	`6.7.8-1`
imagemagick	imagemagick	`6.7.8-2`
imagemagick	imagemagick	`6.7.8-3`
imagemagick	imagemagick	`6.7.8-4`
imagemagick	imagemagick	`6.7.8-5`
imagemagick	imagemagick	`6.7.8-6`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.