CVE-2020-27829

ImageMagick: heap buffer overflow in coders/tiff.c

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Published Mar 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

A heap based buffer overflow in coders/tiff.c may result in program crash and denial of service in ImageMagick before 7.0.10-45.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

ImageMagick

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`ImageMagick 7.0.10-45`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-20328	A heap based buffer overflow in coders/tiff.c may result in program crash and denial of service in ImageMagick before 7.0.10-45.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.204% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1922525
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6ee5059cd3ac8d82714a1ab1321399b88539abf0
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27829
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-27829

History

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Weaknesses

CWE-122

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:25 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Mar 26, 2021, 4:49 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:25 PM
Reserved: Oct 27, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:09 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 26, 2021, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:09 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Nov 30, 2020, 12:00 AM

Severity: Moderate
Public date: Nov 30, 2020, 12:00 AM

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