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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-1906 json

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c.

published 2023-04-12 3 y ago modified 2026-07-30 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-24095 , JLSEC-2026-902

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • julia ImageMagick_jll 6.9.12+4
  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.12-84
  • 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-2023-1906

  • 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-2023-1906

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 SP4, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 7.1.0.9-150400.6.18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:1927-1

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.1.6-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12858-1

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-2023-1906 updated cvss 5.5

ImageMagick: heap-based buffer overflow in ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() in MagickCore/quantum-import.c

  • 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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-35q2-86c7-9247 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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+4
6.9.12+4

Affected products

  • n/a ImageMagick

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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