CVE-2005-1275
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadPNMImage function in pnm.c for ImageMagick 6.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 13.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadPNMImage function in pnm.c for ImageMagick 6.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PNM file with a small colors value.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- ImageMagick 6.x - '.PNM' Image Decoding Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25527dos, linuxpublished 25 Apr 2005Verified
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Timeline
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By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.9% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- MDKSA-2005:107 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10003 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 13351 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050424 [Overflow.pl] ImageMagick ReadPNMImage() Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.overflow.pl/adv/imheapoverflow.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90423 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:413 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1278 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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