NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.3% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-IMAGEMAGICK-451148
  • published27 Jun 2019
  • disclosed26 Jun 2019

Introduced: 26 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12974  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u9 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference in the function ReadPANGOImage in coders/pango.c and the function ReadVIDImage in coders/vid.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image.