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high 7.5

CVE-2019-7396 json

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-25, a memory leak exists in ReadSIXELImage in coders/sixel.c.

published 7y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2019-16938 , JLSEC-2026-837

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-25, a memory leak exists in ReadSIXELImage in coders/sixel.c.

Patch / fix

  • julia ImageMagick_jll 6.9.12+0
  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.10-25, 7.0.8-25
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7396

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.14
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7396

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, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 7.0.7.34-3.49.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0739-1

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 15.0 7.0.7.34-lp150.2.26.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1141-1

  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14 +4 more 6.9.10.37-r0
  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8, Alpine 3.7 6.9.10.39-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-7396

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

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-7396 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: Memory leak in the ReadSIXELImage function in coders/sixel.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

3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1452 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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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