Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2019-13391 is a memory-read bug in ImageMagick’s Fourier image-processing code. Systems are most exposed when they automatically process images from users, partners, or the internet. The source bundle does not provide CVSS scoring or evidence of active exploitation, but multiple Linux vendors shipped security updates, so remediation should not be ignored. Exposure is likely in applications, servers, containers, CMS platforms, and automation pipelines that use ImageMagick to transform or inspect untrusted image files. The supplied affected metadata is incomplete, so teams should inventory both directly installed packages and bundled ImageMagick copies. Treat this as a normal-priority security update, elevated for systems that process untrusted images at scale. Lack of CVSS and KEV evidence lowers urgency, but vendor security updates indicate real remediation value. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor ImageMagick security updates from your Linux distribution.; Check upstream ImageMagick guidance if using self-built packages.; Prioritize internet-facing or user-upload image processing services..
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- Known Exploited
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1588CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7c2c5ba5b8e3a0b2b82f56c71dfab74ed4006df7CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/f6ffc702c6eecd963587273a429dcd608c648984CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- USN-4192-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200907 [SECURITY] [DLA 2366-1] imagemagick security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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