CVE-2019-12979 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2019-12979?

CVE-2019-12979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

ImageMagick 7.0.8-34 has a "use of uninitialized value" vulnerability in the SyncImageSettings function in MagickCore/image.c. This is related to AcquireImage in magick/image.c.

Weakness: CWE-665

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12979?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12979?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-12979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12979, GHSA-jj5g-76c5-rx7v, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12979.