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Use After Free

CVE-2019-17541

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

ImageMagick before 7.0.8-55 and ImageMagick6 before 6.9.10-55 has a use-after-free in DestroyStringInfo in "MagickCore/string.c" because the error manager is mishandled in "coders/jpeg.c".

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published