[ GLSA 200501-26 ] ImageMagick: PSD decoding heap overflow

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: ImageMagick: PSD decoding heap overflow (GLSA 200501-26)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 20, 2005
Bug(s): #77932
ID: 200501-26

Synopsis

ImageMagick is vulnerable to a heap overflow when decoding Photoshop Document (PSD) files, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

ImageMagick is a collection of tools to read, write and manipulate images in many formats.

Affected Packages

Package: media-gfx/imagemagick
Vulnerable: < 6.1.8.8
Unaffected: >= 6.1.8.8
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Andrei Nigmatulin discovered that a Photoshop Document (PSD) file with more than 24 layers could trigger a heap overflow.

Impact

An attacker could potentially design a mailicous PSD image file to cause arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the user running ImageMagick.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version: