Description: | ImageMagick(TM) is an image display and manipulation tool for the X Window System.
A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the ImageMagick image handler. An attacker could create a carefully crafted image file with an improper EXIF information in such a way that it would cause ImageMagick to execute arbitrary code when processing the image. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0981 to this issue.
David Eisenstein has reported that our previous fix for CAN-2004-0827, a heap overflow flaw, was incomplete. An attacker could create a carefully crafted BMP file in such a way that it could cause ImageMagick to execute arbitrary code when processing the image. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0827 to this issue.
Users of ImageMagick should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch, and is not vulnerable to this issue.
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