CVE-2020-27769 Integer overflow in ImageMagick
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27769, GHSA-5q3f-hrrv-3qfw, JLSEC-2026-867, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27769.