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title: "CVE-2020-27768\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2020-27768

Publication date 23 February 2021

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

**3.3 · Low**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27768?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In ImageMagick, there is an outside the range of representable values of
type 'unsigned int' at MagickCore/quantum-private.h. This flaw affects
ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.9-0.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm11  Ubuntu Pro |
| 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-2020-27768?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:   [8c6e86f](https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/8c6e86f81968fab1710317d87b00c608108e6a2a) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

3.3 · Low

* Base metrics

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

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 3.3 · Low |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27768)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27768)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-27768)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27768)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4988-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4988-1)
+ ImageMagick vulnerabilities
+ 15 June 2021

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

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27768>