Vulnerability · Published Nov 19, 2021 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-3962
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in ImageMagick. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.0% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)6.0%top 6.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in ImageMagick where it did not properly sanitize certain input before using it to invoke convert processes. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted image that leads to a use-after-free vulnerability when processed by ImageMagick. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | ImageMagick | 7.1.0-14 |
Weakness: CWE-416
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2023196 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/82775af03bbb10a0a1d0e15c0156c75673b4525e x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/4446 x_refsource_MISC