High severity · published Aug 18, 2019
CVE-2019-15140
coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by…
8.8
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting a Matlab image file that is mishandled in ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
7.0.8-43 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15140
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15140
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f7206618d27c2e69d977abf40e3035a33e5f6be0
Exploit
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1554
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00028.html
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/
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