CVE-2021-39212
ImageMagick: possible read or write in postscript files
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 13, 2021
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in ImageMagick in the Postscript File Handler component. An attacker could exploit this flaw which would, in some cases, lead to postscript files to be read and written to even when specifically excluded by a module policy in policy.xml.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Users are advised to use the coder policy instead of the module policy as a workaround.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication