CVE-2019-11472

Public Exploit

Description

ReadXWDImage in coders/xwd.c in the XWD image parsing component of ImageMagick 7.0.8-41 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (divide-by-zero error) by crafting an XWD image file in which the header indicates neither LSB first nor MSB first.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1546 third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/f663dfb8431c97d95682a2b533cca1c8233d21b4 third party advisory patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00057.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00001.html vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-11472?
CVE-2019-11472 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-11472?
To fix CVE-2019-11472, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-11472 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-11472 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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