Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2007-1797 is an old ImageMagick memory corruption issue. A malicious DCM or XWD image could trigger heap overflows and potentially run code in the process that opens or converts the image. Business risk is highest where legacy servers process untrusted image uploads, email attachments, or medical/image archives. Exposure is likely limited to legacy ImageMagick deployments or downstream distribution packages that still include vulnerable code, especially automated image-processing paths accepting DCM or XWD files from untrusted sources. Treat as a legacy exposure cleanup item with high impact where untrusted image processing exists. It is not KEV-listed in the provided data, but arbitrary code execution in server-side image conversion can become serious quickly. Mitigation focus: Upgrade ImageMagick to 6.3.3-5 or a vendor-fixed package.; Check Gentoo, Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, Debian, or other distro advisories for package-specific fixes.; Prioritize systems that process untrusted uploaded, emailed, or archived images..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9254CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-222CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1205CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- imagemagick-readxwdimage-bo(33377)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- imagemagick-readdcmimage-bo(33376)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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