CVE-2019-15140
coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting a Matlab image file that is mishandled in ReadImage in…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting a Matlab image file that is mishandled in ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.10% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f7206618d27c2e69d977abf40e3035a33e5f6be0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1554Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00028.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4715
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f7206618d27c2e69d977abf40e3035a33e5f6be0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1554Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00028.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4715
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.