Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick
CVE-2019-19949
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function WritePNGImage of coders/png.c, related to Magick_png_write_raw_profile and LocaleNCompare.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Imagemagick
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 20.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1561 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00033.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, 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)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4549-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-19949?
- CVE-2019-19949 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-12-24.
- How severe is CVE-2019-19949?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-19949 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.