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Unscored USN-4670-1 3 CVEs

imagemagick vulnerabilities

Published Dec 15, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10.
(CVE-2019-19948, CVE-2019-19949)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-27560)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS imagemagick 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS imagemagick 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS imagemagick 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19948
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19949
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27560