CVE-2019-12976
imagemagick: memory leak vulnerability in function ReadPCLImage in coders/pcl.c
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a memory leak in the ReadPCLImage function in coders/pcl.c.
ImageMagick versión 7.0.8-34 tiene una pérdida de memoria en la función ReadPCLImage en coders/pcl.c.
It was discovered that ImageMagick does not properly release acquired memory when some error conditions occur in the ReadPCLImage() function. Applications compiled against ImageMagick libraries that accept untrustworthy images may be exploited to use all available memory and make them crash. An attacker could abuse this flaw by providing a specially crafted image and cause a Denial of Service by using all available memory.
It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2019-06-26 CVE Reserved
- 2019-06-26 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-04 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (7)
URL | Tag | Source |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108913 | Broken Link |
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https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1520 | 2024-08-04 |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00069.html | 2023-02-23 | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1 | 2023-02-23 | |
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712 | 2023-02-23 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12976 | 2020-03-31 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732284 | 2020-03-31 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Imagemagick Search vendor "Imagemagick" | Imagemagick Search vendor "Imagemagick" for product "Imagemagick" | 7.0.8-34 Search vendor "Imagemagick" for product "Imagemagick" and version "7.0.8-34" | - |
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Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
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Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | esm |
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Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 19.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.04" | - |
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Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 19.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.10" | - |
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0" | - |
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | 15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1" | - |
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