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CVE-2019-12977 json

ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a "use of uninitialized value" vulnerability in the WriteJP2Image function in coders/jp2.c.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-4552

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a "use of uninitialized value" vulnerability in the WriteJP2Image function in coders/jp2.c.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12977

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.15
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.8
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu9

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12977

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, SLE Module for Development Tools 15, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 +1 more 7.0.7.34-3.67.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2106-1

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 7.0.7.34-lp151.7.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1983-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-12977 updated cvss 7.3

imagemagick: use of uninitialised value in function WriteJP2Image in coders/jp2.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    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

1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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