# CVE-2019-11005: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service or potentially execute code via a stack-based buffer overflow in GraphicsMagick's SVG parser.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11005, GHSA-v22h-vw8w-7wr4, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11005

## What is CVE-2019-11005?

CVE-2019-11005 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 8 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In GraphicsMagick 1.4 snapshot-20190322 Q8, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function SVGStartElement of coders/svg.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a quoted font family value.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11005?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Opensuse Leap.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11005?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2019-11005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick

- [CVE-2008-6071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6071/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-11636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11636/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11637/): Null dereference in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11641/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-11643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11643/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11005 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11005 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, published on 8 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11005/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11005/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11005
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11005
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11005

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