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low 3.3

CVE-2020-27560 json

ImageMagick 7.0.10-34 allows Division by Zero in OptimizeLayerFrames in MagickCore/layer.c, which may cause a denial of service.

published 2020-10-22 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-20068

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick 7.0.10-34 allows Division by Zero in OptimizeLayerFrames in MagickCore/layer.c, which may cause a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27560

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27560

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 SP2, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 7.0.7.34-10.3.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5 +1 more 6.8.8.1-71.147.1
  • ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 7.0.7.34-3.85.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3164-1SUSE-SU-2020:3163-1SUSE-SU-2020:3162-1

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 15.1 7.0.7.34-lp151.7.22.1
  • ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 15.2 7.0.7.34-lp152.12.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:1927-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1884-1

  • imagemagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 7.0.10.35-r0
  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14 +2 more 6.9.11.35-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-27560

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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-2020-27560 updated cvss 3.3

ImageMagick: division by zero in OptimizeLayerFrames function in MagickCore/layer.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
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 ImageMagick
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 inkscape, inkscape-view
    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

1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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