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title: "CVE-2013-4298\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4298

Publication date 3 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The ReadGIFImage function in coders/gif.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.8-8
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and
application crash) via a crafted comment in a GIF image.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4298?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 13.04 raring | Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu2.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4298?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

introduced by http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/8002

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| imagemagick | * Upstream:   <http://trac.imagemagick.org/changeset/8770> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4298)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4298)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4298)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4298)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1949-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1949-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerability
+ 10 September 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23921>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4298>