--- title: "CVE-2004-0981\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0981?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2004-0981 Publication date 9 February 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | graphicsmagick | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.1.7-8 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.1.7-8 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | 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 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0981) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0981) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-0981) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0981) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-7-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7-1) + imagemagick vulnerability + 27 October 2004 + [USN-10-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-10-1) + XML library vulnerabilities + 30 October 2004 ### Other references *