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medium 6.5

CVE-2019-12921 json

In GraphicsMagick before 1.3.32, the text filename component allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted image because of…

published 2020-03-18 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-4499

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.0%
EPSS 8.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In GraphicsMagick before 1.3.32, the text filename component allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted image because of TranslateTextEx for SVG.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick graphicsmagick 1.3.32
  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4~hg16039-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12921

  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm7
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6+esm1
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.3.28-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12921

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

  • GraphicsMagick Package Hub 15 SP1 1.3.29-bp151.5.12.1
  • GraphicsMagick openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.3.29-lp151.4.17.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0429-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0416-1

  • graphicsmagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 1.3.32-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-12921

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

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-2019-12921 updated cvss 6.5

GraphicsMagick: arbitrary file read via crafted image

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    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

7.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.