Vulnerability in Imagemagick
CVE-2019-12979
ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a "use of uninitialized value" vulnerability in the SyncImageSettings function in MagickCore/image.c. This is related to AcquireImage in magick/image.c.
Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Imagemagick — versions 7.0.8-34
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.04
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1522 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/108913 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00069.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12979?
- CVE-2019-12979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-06-26.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12979?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.