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CVE-2013-4589 json

The ExportAlphaQuantumType function in export.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.18 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (…

published 2013-11-23 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-4447

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ExportAlphaQuantumType function in export.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.18 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to exporting the alpha of an 8-bit RGBA image.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.18-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4589

  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.38.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1614-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4589 updated cvss 4.3

graphicsmagick: 8-bit RGBA images export DoS vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/ci/1a2d7a38363f7f23b63d626887d22d39c7240144/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/discussion/250737/thread/20888e8b/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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