3.3
LOW
CVE-2023-39978
ImageMagick Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

ImageMagick before 6.9.12-91 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) in Magick::Draw.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 8, 2023, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-39978 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Imagemagick imagemagick

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-39978 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/c90e79b3b22fec309cab55af2ee606f71b027b12
    Added Reference https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/compare/6.9.12-90...6.9.12-91
    Added Reference https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406/files
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7HCXXL6MM3/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7HCXXL6MM3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7HCXXL6MM3/ Mailing List
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7HCXXL6MM3/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7HCXXL6MM3/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7HCXXL6MM3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/c90e79b3b22fec309cab55af2ee606f71b027b12 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/c90e79b3b22fec309cab55af2ee606f71b027b12 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/compare/6.9.12-90...6.9.12-91 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/compare/6.9.12-90...6.9.12-91 Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406/files No Types Assigned https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406/files Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-401
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.9.12-91
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

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0.23697

percentile

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