CVE-2019-17541
ImageMagick before 7.0.8-55 has a use-after-free in DestroyStringInfo in MagickCore/string.c because the error manager is mishandled in coders/jpeg.c.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
ImageMagick before 7.0.8-55 has a use-after-free in DestroyStringInfo in MagickCore/string.c because the error manager is mishandled in coders/jpeg.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.40% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 26 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
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15827Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/39f226a9c137f547e12afde972eeba7551124493Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/compare/7.0.8-54...7.0.8-55Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1641Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15827Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/39f226a9c137f547e12afde972eeba7551124493Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/compare/7.0.8-54...7.0.8-55Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1641Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.