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CVE-2019-13137 json

ImageMagick before 7.0.8-50 has a memory leak vulnerability in the function ReadPSImage in coders/ps.c.

published 7y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2019-4671 , JLSEC-2026-829

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, 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 before 7.0.8-50 has a memory leak vulnerability in the function ReadPSImage in coders/ps.c.

Patch / fix

  • julia ImageMagick_jll 6.9.12+0
  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.10-50, 7.0.8-50
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13137

  • 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
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm21

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13137

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

  • imagemagick Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 6.9.10.53-r0
  • imagemagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 7.0.8.53-r0
  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14 +7 more 6.9.10.53-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-13137

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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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-2019-13137 updated cvss 4.0

ImageMagick: a memory leak vulnerability in the function ReadPSImage in coders/ps.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl 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

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1601 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia ImageMagick_jll
<6.9.12+0
6.9.12+0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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