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CVE-2019-15140 (GCVE-0-2019-15140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-08-18 18:31 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:34
VLAI
Summary
coders/mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting a Matlab image file that is mishandled in ReadImage in MagickCore/constitute.c.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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