CVE-2019-9956
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 Q16, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function PopHexPixel of coders/ps.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted image file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 Q16, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function PopHexPixel of coders/ps.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted image file.
- 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
- 5.92% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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/2019-05/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1523Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/37Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4436Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1523Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/37Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4436Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.