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CVE-2021-3962

Published: 19 November 2021

A flaw was found in ImageMagick where it did not properly sanitize certain input before using it to invoke convert processes. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted image that leads to a use-after-free vulnerability when processed by ImageMagick. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
only affects 7.x

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present, 7.x only)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present, 7.x only)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(code not present, 7.x only)
impish Not vulnerable
(code not present, 7.x only)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not present, 7.x only)
trusty Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present, 7.x only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/82775af03bbb10a0a1d0e15c0156c75673b4525e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H