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title: "CVE-2004-0827\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-0827

Publication date 16 September 2004

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the ImageMagick graphics library 5.x before
5.4.4, and 6.x before 6.0.6.2, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
malformed (1) AVI, (2) BMP, or (3) DIB files.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10ubuntu0.3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.6 |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0827)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0827)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-0827)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0827)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-35-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-35-1)
+ imagemagick vulnerabilities
+ 1 December 2004

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0827>
