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title: "CVE-2019-19948\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-19948

Publication date 24 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19948?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the
function WriteSGIImage of coders/sgi.c.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 24.10 oracular | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu15 |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu15 |
| 23.10 mantic | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu15 |
| 23.04 lunar | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu15 |
| 22.10 kinetic | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu15 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu15 |
| 20.10 groovy | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1 |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10  Ubuntu Pro |

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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-2019-19948?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 |
| --- | --- |
| imagemagick | * Upstream:   [6ae32a9](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6ae32a9038e360b3491969d5d03d490884f02b4c) * Upstream:   [9e7db22](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/9e7db22f8c374301db3f968757f0d08070fd4e54) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19948)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19948)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-19948)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19948)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4549-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4549-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 28 September 2020

+ [USN-4670-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4670-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 15 December 2020

+ [USN-7053-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7053-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 3 October 2024

### Other references

* <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00033.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19948>