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title: "CVE-2019-7397\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-7397

Publication date 4 February 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7397?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-25 and GraphicsMagick through 1.3.31, several
memory leaks exist in WritePDFImage in coders/pdf.c.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 24.10 oracular | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 |
| 23.10 mantic | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 |
| 23.04 lunar | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 |
| 22.10 kinetic | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 |
| 19.04 disco | Fixed 8:6.9.10.14+dfsg-7ubuntu2.2 |
| 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 8:6.9.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.7 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.14 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm11  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-2019-7397?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:   [3b28c8d](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/3b28c8d93aa469f6d90c8b3c05fe3d88c2584e32) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-7397)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7397)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-7397)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-7397)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4034-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4034-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 25 June 2019

+ [USN-7068-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7068-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 15 October 2024

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7397>