CVE-2020-27770

ImageMagick: unsigned offset overflowed at MagickCore/string.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 5, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

Due to a missing check for 0 value of replace_extent, it is possible for offset p to overflow in SubstituteString(), causing potential impact to application availability. This could be triggered by a crafted input file that is processed by ImageMagick.

Statement

This flaw is out of support scope for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7. Inkscape is not affected because it no longer uses a bundled ImageMagick in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. For more information regarding support scopes, please see 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 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound