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CVE-2019-14980

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In ImageMagick 7.x before 7.0.8-42 and 6.x before 6.9.10-42, there is a use after free vulnerability in the UnmapBlob function that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a crafted file.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: from 6.0 before 6.9.10-42; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.8-42 — fixed in 6.9.10-42, 7.0.8-42
• openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.10-42, 7.0.8-42. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c5d012a46ae22be9444326aa37969a3f75daa3ba
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/compare/7.0.8-41...7.0.8-42
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/614a257295bdcdeda347086761062ac7658b6830
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/issues/43
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c5d012a46ae22be9444326aa37969a3f75daa3ba
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/compare/7.0.8-41...7.0.8-42
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/614a257295bdcdeda347086761062ac7658b6830
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/issues/43

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