HIGH
ImageMagick: Memory leak in the ReadSIXELImage function in coders/sixel.c
Published Feb 5, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.50%
Description
In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-25, a memory leak exists in ReadSIXELImage in coders/sixel.c.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- < 6.9.10-25
- ≥ 7.0.0-0 · < 7.0.8-25
Configuration 3
- 10.0
Configuration 4
OR
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
- 19.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ImageMagick
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 as they did not include support for sixel coder.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
3.3 LOW Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.50% 0.03497
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03497
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.50% (0.03497) | 88.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.43% (0.03431) | 87.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.80% (0.02797) | 84.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.45% (0.05451) | 83.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.80% (0.02797) | 85.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00561) | 77.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00561) | 77.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00516) | 76.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 29, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00516) | 74.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00483) | 72.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00507) | 72.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.93% (0.08934) | 82.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 6.21% (0.06208) | 81.93th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 6.21% (0.06208) | 81.75th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 71.88th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00034.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106849 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7396 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1672567 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/748a03651e5b138bcaf160d15133de2f4b1b89ce x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1452 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7396
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7396
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00034.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106849 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7396 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1672567 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/748a03651e5b138bcaf160d15133de2f4b1b89ce | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1452 | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7396 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-7396 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4712 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 5, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Feb 4, 2019
Link CVE-2019-7396
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a