HIGH
security flaw
Published Nov 19, 2004
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.84%
Description
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
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 5.3.3
- 5.4.3
- 5.4.4.5
- 5.4.7
- 5.4.8
- 5.4.8.2.1.1.0
- 5.5.3.2.1.2.0
- 5.5.6.0_2003-04-09
- 5.5.7
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.0.6
- 6.0.7
- 6.0.8
Configuration 2
OR
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- n/a
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-7
Fixed · RHSA-2004:636
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-7 | Fixed | RHSA-2004:636 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.84% 0.05843
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05843
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.84% (0.05843) | 92.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.84% (0.05843) | 92.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.22% (0.07221) | 90.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 22.53% (0.22530) | 93.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.41% (0.07411) | 91.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.89% (0.08887) | 94.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 8.89% (0.08887) | 93.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 11.98% (0.11982) | 94.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 93.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 92.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 81.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12995/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11548 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0981 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617341 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17903 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0981
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10472 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0981
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-7-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/12995/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-11.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Changelog.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11548 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0981 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617341 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17903 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0981 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10472 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0981 | ||
| https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-7-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 19, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Oct 24, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0981
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a