CVE-2019-9956
imagemagick: stack-based buffer overflow in function PopHexPixel in coders/ps.c
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · March 22, 2019
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 Q16, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function PopHexPixel of coders/ps.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted image file.
Statement
This issue affects the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Moderate, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow