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imagemagick: code execution

Package(s):imagemagick CVE #(s):CVE-2013-4298
Created:September 4, 2013 Updated:September 10, 2013
Description: From the Debian advisory:

Anton Kortunov reported a heap corruption in ImageMagick, a program collection and library for converting and manipulating image files. Crafted GIF files could cause ImageMagick to crash, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Alerts:
Debian DSA-2750-1 2013-09-03
Ubuntu USN-1949-1 2013-09-10
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