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CVE-2006-2440

Published: May 18, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2440
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Heap-based buffer overflow in the libMagick component of ImageMagick 6.0.6.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image index array that triggers the overflow during filename glob expansion by the ExpandFilenames function.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ImagemagickImagemagick6.0.6.2 (including)6.0.6.2 (including)
ImagemagickImagemagick6.2.4 (including)6.2.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatImageMagick-0:5.3.8-18*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatImageMagick-0:5.5.6-24*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-16.0.3*

References

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