USN-4988-1

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    USN-4988-1

    Published: 15 Jun 2021Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: imagemagick vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed 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 possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4988-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14528, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19667, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25665, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25666, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25674, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25675, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25676, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27750, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27751, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27753, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27754, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27755, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27756, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27757, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27758, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27759, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27760, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27761, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27762, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27763, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27764, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27765, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27766, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27767, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27768, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27769, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27770, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27771, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27772, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27773, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27774, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27775, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27776, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20176

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: imagemagick

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/imagemagick@8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11

    Affected versions

    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu2
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu3
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu4
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu5
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.3
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.4
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.7
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.8
    8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9

    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
    USN-4988-1 | CVE-DB