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CVE-2019-9956

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 Q16, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function PopHexPixel of coders/ps.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted image file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• ImageMagick: 7.0.8-35-q16

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00010.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107546
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1523
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/37
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4436
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00010.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107546

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