CVE-2020-27762 Integer overflow in ImageMagick

What is CVE-2020-27762?

CVE-2020-27762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Dec 2020. 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

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/hdr.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of values outside the range of type `unsigned char`. This would most likely lead to an impact to application availability, but could potentially cause other problems related to undefined behavior. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to ImageMagick 7.0.8-68.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27762?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27762?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-27762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27762, GHSA-cw46-r5fw-qmfj, JLSEC-2026-860, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27762.