CVE-2019-12978

imagemagick: use of uninitialized value in function ReadPANGOImage in coders/pango.c

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a "use of uninitialized value" vulnerability in the ReadPANGOImage function in coders/pango.c.

ImageMagick versión 7.0.8-34 tiene una vulnerabilidad de "use of uninitialized value" en la función ReadPANGOImage en coders/pango.c.

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 possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-06-26 CVE Reserved
2019-06-26 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-456: Missing Initialization of a Variable
CWE-665: Improper Initialization

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108913	Vdb Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00030.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1519	2020-08-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00069.html	2020-08-19
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1	2020-08-19
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712	2020-08-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12978	2020-03-31
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732292	2020-03-31

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
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"		-		Affected