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CVE-2021-4219 json

A flaw was found in ImageMagick.

published 2022-03-23 4 y ago modified 2026-07-30 3 mo ago also EUVD-2021-34077 , JLSEC-2026-891

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in ImageMagick. The vulnerability occurs due to improper use of open functions and leads to a denial of service. This flaw allows an attacker to crash the system.

Patch / fix

  • julia ImageMagick_jll 6.9.12+0
  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.12-9, 7.1.0-19
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4219

  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4219

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 openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.1.17-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13263-1

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-2021-4219 updated cvss 7.5

imagemagick: remote DoS in MagicCore/draw.c via crafted SVG file

  • 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 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

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia ImageMagick_jll
<6.9.12+0
6.9.12+0

Affected products

  • n/a imagemagick

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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