CVE-2021-3962

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3962
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-19 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-28 23:31:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in ImageMagick where it did not properly sanitize certain input before using it to invoke convert processes. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted image that leads to a use-after-free vulnerability when processed by ImageMagick. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick 7.1.0-14 All All All

References

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2023196 – (CVE-2021-3962) CVE-2021-3962 ImageMagick: heap-use-after-free in at dcm.c RelinquishDCMMemory MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
heap-use-after-free in magick at dcm.c RelinquishDCMMemory · Issue #4446 · ImageMagick/ImageMagick · GitHub MISC github.com
Moved the free to the correct position to fix #4446. · ImageMagick/ImageMagick@82775af · GitHub MISC github.com
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