CVE-2021-20246

Publication date 9 March 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in MagickCore/resample.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 25.04 plucky
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm1
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
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.12
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm1

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Notes

rayveldkamp

imagemagick is in universe from focal onwards

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5158-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 29 November 2021
    • USN-5736-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 24 November 2022
    • USN-5736-2
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 24 November 2022
    • USN-6200-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 4 July 2023

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