medium
6.5
CWE
401
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2019-16708

First published: Mon Sep 23 2019(Updated: )

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 has a memory leak in magick/xwindow.c, related to XCreateImage. Reference: <a href="https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1531">https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1531</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
ImageMagick ImageMagick=7.0.8-35
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=19.10
openSUSE Leap=15.0
openSUSE Leap=15.1
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
redhat/ImageMagick 7.0.8<36
36
redhat/ImageMagick 6.9.10<36
36
IBM Data Risk Manager<=2.0.6
debian/imagemagick
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u2
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1
8:6.9.13.12+dfsg1-1
8:7.1.1.39+dfsg1-2

Remedy

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1531

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2019-16708?

    CVE-2019-16708 is a vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 that can be exploited to cause a denial of service condition due to a memory leak in magick/xwindow.c.

  • How severe is CVE-2019-16708?

    CVE-2019-16708 has a severity rating of 6.5, which is considered medium.

  • Which software versions are affected by CVE-2019-16708?

    ImageMagick versions 7.0.8-35, 6.9.10, 6.9.11, and 6.9.12 are affected by CVE-2019-16708.

  • How can CVE-2019-16708 be fixed?

    To fix CVE-2019-16708, users should update to the patched versions of ImageMagick provided by the vendor.

  • Where can I find more information about CVE-2019-16708?

    You can find more information about CVE-2019-16708 on the following references: [1] [2] [3]

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