CVE-2019-9956

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-35 Q16, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the function PopHexPixel of coders/ps.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or code execution via a crafted image file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9956

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9956.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201903-15

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed7.0.8.35-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1
debian debiansidfixed8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.