CVE-2019-12921 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2019-12921?

CVE-2019-12921 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In GraphicsMagick before 1.3.32, the text filename component allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted image because of TranslateTextEx for SVG.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12921?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12921?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2019-12921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12921, DLA-2152-1, GHSA-5vwc-wxpp-mxp8, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12921.