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title: "CVE-2006-3743\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-3743

Publication date 25 August 2006

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 ImageMagick before 6.2.9 allow user-assisted
attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted XCF images.

## Status

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| 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 |

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* [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-2006-3743)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3743)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3743)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3743)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-340-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-340-1)
+ imagemagick vulnerabilities
+ 6 September 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3743>
