CVE-2020-27753

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-401

Description

There are several memory leaks in the MIFF coder in /coders/miff.c due to improper image depth values, which can be triggered by a specially crafted input file. These leaks could potentially lead to an impact to application availability or cause a denial of service. It was originally reported that the issues were in `AcquireMagickMemory()` because that is where LeakSanitizer detected the leaks, but the patch resolves issues in the MIFF coder, which incorrectly handles data being passed to `AcquireMagickMemory()`. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.9-0.

Affected products

ImageMagick: before 6.9.10-69; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.9-0 — fixed in 6.9.10-69, 7.0.9-0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.10-69, 7.0.9-0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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