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title: "CVE-2019-11037\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-11037

Publication date 3 May 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**4.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11037?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In PHP imagick extension in versions between 3.3.0 and 3.4.4, writing to an
array of values in ImagickKernel::fromMatrix() function did not check that
the address will be within the allocated array. This could lead to out of
bounds write to memory if the function is called with the data controlled
by untrusted party.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php-imagick | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Vulnerable |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Vulnerable |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 3.4.3~rc2-2ubuntu4.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 3.4.0~rc6-1ubuntu3+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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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-2019-11037?format=md#patch-details)

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### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| php-imagick | * Upstream:   <https://github.com/Imagick/imagick/compare/d57a44...a827e4> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

4.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | Low |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11037)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11037)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-11037)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11037)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4586-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4586-1)
+ PHP ImageMagick vulnerability
+ 20 October 2020

+ [USN-4586-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4586-2)
+ PHP ImageMagick vulnerability
+ 24 January 2022

### Other references

* <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77791>
* <https://github.com/mkoppanen/imagick/commits/bugfix_77791>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11037>