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CVE-2019-7398

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-25, a memory leak exists in WriteDIBImage in coders/dib.c.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04
• Debian Linux: 10.0
• ImageMagick: before 6.9.10-25; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.8-25 — fixed in 6.9.10-25, 7.0.8-25
• openSUSE Leap: 15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.10-25, 7.0.8-25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00034.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106848
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1453
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00034.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106848
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1453
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712

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