CVE-2004-0981: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the EXIF parsing routine in ImageMagick before 6.1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a certain image file.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.0 only
• Gentoo Linux: any version
• ImageMagick ImageMagick: version 5.3.3 only; version 5.4.3 only; version 5.4.4.5 only; version 5.4.7 only; version 5.4.8 only; version 5.4.8.2.1.1.0 only; …
• Suse Suse Linux: version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only; version 8.2 only; version 9.0 only; version 9.1 only; version 9.2 only

Published 2005-02-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.