What is CVE-2019-13298?

CVE-2019-13298 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-13298?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2019-13298

ImageMagick 7.0.8-50 Q16 has a heap-based buffer overflow at MagickCore/pixel-accessor.h in SetPixelViaPixelInfo because of a MagickCore/enhance.c error.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-07-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.2% 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 7.0.8-50
openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1611 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d4fc44b58a14f76b1ac997517d742ee12c9dc… (Patch)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00069.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13298?: CVE-2019-13298 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-13298?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.