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Vulnerability · Published Jul 24, 2023 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2023-3745Imagemagick: heap-buffer-overflow in pushcharpixel() in quantum-private.h

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was found in ImageMagick's PushCharPixel() function in quantum-private.h. This issue may allow a local attacker to trick the user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds read error and allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12imagemagick8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3745
Debian:13imagemagick8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3745
Debian:14imagemagick8:6.9.11.24+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3745
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSimagemagick8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3745

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 see references

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References