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high 7.5

CVE-2021-3610 json

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in ImageMagick in versions prior to 7.0.11-14 in ReadTIFFImage() in coders/tiff.c.

published 2022-02-24 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-26914

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in ImageMagick in versions prior to 7.0.11-14 in ReadTIFFImage() in coders/tiff.c. This issue is due to an incorrect setting of the pixel array size, which can lead to a crash and segmentation fault.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.12-14, 7.0.11-14
  • imagemagick Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3610

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6ubuntu1
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3610

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 Arch Linux 7.0.11.14-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2085

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-2021-3610 updated cvss 5.3

ImageMagick: heap-based buffer overflow in ReadTIFFImage() in coders/tiff.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

2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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

Affected products

  • n/a ImageMagick

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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