CVE-2019-9956

Publication date 23 March 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 Q16, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function PopHexPixel of coders/ps.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted image file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 24.10 oracular
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 8:6.9.10.14+dfsg-7ubuntu2.2
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 8:6.9.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.7
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.14
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm11

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4034-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 25 June 2019
    • USN-7068-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 15 October 2024

Other references