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Use After Free Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.8

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.69% (91st percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-IMAGEMAGICK-534419
  • published 3 Oct 2019
  • disclosed 18 Aug 2019
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Introduced: 18 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15140 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting a Matlab image file that is mishandled in ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c.