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Plain-English summary
This CVE describes a crash condition in ImageMagick when it parses a specially crafted file. The business impact is denial of service for services that accept or process untrusted images, such as upload, thumbnailing, or conversion pipelines.
Executive priority
Treat as a service reliability risk, not a confirmed data breach or code-execution issue. Prioritize internet-facing or business-critical image-processing paths first, especially where crashes could disrupt customer workflows.
Technical view
The reported flaw is a NULL pointer dereference in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c affecting ImageMagick 6.9.9-4 and 7.0.6-4. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service with a crafted file. The provided bundle has no CVSS, CWE, or patch-version detail.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where affected ImageMagick versions process files supplied by users, partners, email, web uploads, or automated ingestion jobs. Inventory is needed because the structured affected-product fields are incomplete.
Exploitation context
The source states remote attackers can cause denial of service through a crafted file. The provided bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence, so active exploitation should not be assumed.
Researcher notes
The public CVE details are sparse. The key facts are the affected function, versions, NULL pointer dereference, crafted-file trigger, and denial-of-service outcome. Do not infer broader ImageMagick versions or exploit maturity from this bundle alone.
Mitigation direction
- Check ImageMagick vendor guidance and issue history for fixed versions.
- Upgrade or replace affected ImageMagick 6.9.9-4 and 7.0.6-4 deployments.
- Restrict untrusted image processing until affected systems are updated.
- Isolate image conversion workers from critical application services.
- Apply file-type and size controls at upload or ingestion boundaries.
Validation and detection
- Inventory ImageMagick versions across servers, containers, and build images.
- Find applications that process JNG, PNG, or user-supplied image files.
- Review logs for repeated image-processing crashes or worker restarts.
- Confirm updated systems no longer run the affected versions.
- Verify image processing failures do not take down customer-facing services.
Public sources used
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/632CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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