CVE-2019-19949

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1561 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00033.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4549-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-19949?
CVE-2019-19949 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-19949?
To fix CVE-2019-19949, 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-2019-19949 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-19949 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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