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CVE-2021-4219

Published: 23 March 2022

A flaw was found in ImageMagick. The vulnerability occurs due to improper use of open functions and leads to a denial of service. This flaw allows an attacker to crash the system.

Notes

AuthorNote
eslerm
focal required cad7b3, 1c1f602, b51ead0, and ff02d9b as pre-patches and upstream patch did not resolve hang

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy
Released (8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
kinetic
Released (8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.1)
lunar
Released (8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1)
mantic
Released (8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/c10351c16b8d2cabd11d2627a02de522570f6ceb
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d7f1b2b9b816baaa956381ff80c3b120e83faa95

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H