CVE-2020-25665: Medium severity imagemagick vulnerability

Published Oct 26, 2020
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Updated

In ImageMagick, there is a heap-buffer-over-flow at coders/palm.c:956:21 in WritePALMImage.

Reference: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1714

Upstream patch: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/cfd829bd3581b092e0a267b3deba46fa90b9bc88

Other sources

The PALM image coder at coders/palm.c makes an improper call to AcquireQuantumMemory() in routine WritePALMImage() because it needs to be offset by 256. This can cause a out-of-bounds read later on in the routine. The patch adds 256 to bytesperrow in the call to AcquireQuantumMemory(). This could cause impact to reliability. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.8-68.

Launchpad

Affected Software

5 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/ImageMagick 7.0.8<68
68
ImageMagick ImageMagick<6.9.10-68
ImageMagick ImageMagick>=7.0.0-0<7.0.8-68
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
debian/imagemagick
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u48:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u58:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u28:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u18:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-18:7.1.1.47+dfsg1-1

Event History

Dec 8, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Jan 15, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:47 PM
Description
Oct 18, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·01:54 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-25665?

CVE-2020-25665 is a vulnerability in the PALM image coder in ImageMagick.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2020-25665?

CVE-2020-25665 has a severity level of medium (5.5).

3

Which software is affected by CVE-2020-25665?

CVE-2020-25665 affects ImageMagick versions 6.9.7.4 to 6.9.11.24 and ImageMagick 7.0.8-68.

4

How can I fix CVE-2020-25665?

To fix CVE-2020-25665, update ImageMagick to version 6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11 or later.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-25665?

You can find more information about CVE-2020-25665 on the MITRE CVE website and the Ubuntu security notices.

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