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CVE-2023-5349: Draw while calling getdrawinfo()

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-10-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick, an interface between Ruby and ImageMagick. This issue can lead to a denial of service (DOS) by memory exhaustion.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 37
• Rmagick: before 5.3.0 — fixed in 5.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rmagick 5.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5349
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247064
• https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/issues/1401
• https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3XMQ2KWPYGT447EKPENGXXHKAQ5NUWF/
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5349
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247064
• https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/issues/1401
• https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00030.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00003.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3XMQ2KWPYGT447EKPENGXXHKAQ5NUWF/

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