CVE-2019-15139

Public Exploit

Description

The XWD image (X Window System window dumping file) parsing component in ImageMagick 7.0.8-41 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash resulting from an out-of-bounds Read) in ReadXWDImage in coders/xwd.c by crafting a corrupted XWD image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-11472.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.38%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1553 patch third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c78993d138bf480ab4652b5a48379d4ff75ba5f7 third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00028.html mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IYH7QSNXXOIDFTYLY455ANZ3JWQ7FCS/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FS76VNCFL3FVRMGXQEMHBOKA7EE46BTS/ vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-15139?
CVE-2019-15139 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-15139?
To fix CVE-2019-15139, 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-2019-15139 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-15139 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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