Use After Free Affecting imagemagick package, versions <7.0.8.44-r0
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- published31 May 2025
- disclosed18 Aug 2019
Introduced: 18 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-15140 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.22 imagemagick to version 7.0.8.44-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.22 relevant fixed versions and status.
coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting a Matlab image file that is mishandled in ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15140
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4715
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00028.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15140
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f7206618d27c2e69d977abf40e3035a33e5f6be0
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1554
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4192-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15140