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title: "CVE-2013-4589\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4589?format=md
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# CVE-2013-4589

Publication date 23 November 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The ExportAlphaQuantumType function in export.c in GraphicsMagick before
1.3.18 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)
via vectors related to exporting the alpha of an 8-bit RGBA image.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| graphicsmagick | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4589?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| graphicsmagick | * Upstream:   <http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/ci/1a2d7a38363f7f23b63d626887d22d39c7240144/> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4589)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4589)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4589)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4589)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15>
* <https://secunia.com/advisories/55288/>
* <http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/discussion/250737/thread/20888e8b/>
* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019085>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4589>