UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29599

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29599

    Published: 7 Dec 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-29599
    Aliases:
    USN-6200-1

    Summary:

    Details: ImageMagick before 6.9.11-40 and 7.x before 7.0.10-40 mishandles the -authenticate option, which allows setting a password for password-protected PDF files. The user-controlled password was not properly escaped/sanitized and it was therefore possible to inject additional shell commands via coders/pdf.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29599, https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851, https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6200-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29599

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: imagemagick

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/imagemagick@8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9

    Affected versions

    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu3
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu8
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu9
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu10
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.5
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.6
    8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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