CVE-2020-27769 Integer overflow in ImageMagick

Low 3.3 Published Updated

An integer overflow in ImageMagick can cause a denial of service when processing specially crafted images.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-27769?

CVE-2020-27769 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 May 2021. 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

In ImageMagick versions before 7.0.9-0, there are outside the range of representable values of type 'float' at MagickCore/quantize.c.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27769?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27769?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-27769 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27769 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27769, GHSA-5q3f-hrrv-3qfw, JLSEC-2026-867, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27769.

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