Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35783

Improper Initialization in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-12977

Published: June 26, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35783

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12977

CWE-ID: CWE-665

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a "use of uninitialized value" vulnerability in the WriteJP2Image function in coders/jp2.c.

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
Opensuse
imagemagick (Debian package)

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imagemagick (Debian package) - update to 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1