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FedoraOperating system · Fedoraproject

CVE-2023-3428

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-10-04
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 7.1.1-19 or later.
See remediation →
58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick. This issue may allow a local attacker to trick the user into opening a specially crafted file, resulting in an application crash and denial of service.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in ImageMagick's TIFF image decoder (coders/tiff.c). By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted malicious TIFF file, a local attacker can trigger the overflow, causing the application to crash and resulting in denial of service.

MitigationUpdate ImageMagick to the latest patched version to remediate this vulnerability. Additionally, avoid opening untrusted or specially crafted TIFF files from unknown or untrusted sources.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
FedoraOperating system
Affected:all versions
ImagemagickApplication
Affected:< 7.1.1-19
Extra Packages For Enterprise LinuxApplication
Affected:= 8.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify ImageMagick is installed
    Run 'rpm -qa | grep -i imagemagick' on Fedora/EL systems, or 'dpkg -l | grep -i imagemagick' on Debian-based systems, or 'magick --version' to check if the binary exists
    Affected if ImageMagick is not installed - not affected
  2. Determine installed ImageMagick version
    Run 'magick --version' or 'convert --version' to retrieve the exact version number
    Affected if Version is less than 7.1.1-19 (for example, 7.1.1-18, 7.1.0-x, 6.x.x) - likely affected
  3. Check if TIFF decoder module is available
    Run 'magick -list configure | grep -i tiff' or check for the presence of 'tiff.so' or 'tiff.dll' in the ImageMagick modules directory (typically /usr/lib64/ImageMagick-*/modules-Q16/coders/tiff.so)
    Affected if TIFF support is present - the vulnerable decoder code can be triggered
  4. Identify the specific ImageMagick package version
    On Fedora: 'rpm -qa | grep -i imagemagick'. On EPEL 8: 'rpm -q ImageMagick'
    Affected if Package version on EPEL 8 is the listed version, or on Fedora any version - affected if TIFF support is enabled and version is below 7.1.1-19

User is affected if ImageMagick is installed with TIFF decoder support and the version is below 7.1.1-19, or if running any version on Fedora/EPEL 8 with TIFF handling enabled.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 7.1.1-19 or later
Fixed in 7.1.1-19
Interim mitigation

Update ImageMagick to the latest patched version to remediate this vulnerability. Additionally, avoid opening untrusted or specially crafted TIFF files from unknown or untrusted sources.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

ImageMagick 7.1.1-19 or later

  1. For Fedora systems: Run 'sudo dnf update imagemagick' to get the latest patched version
  2. For EPEL 8 systems: Run 'sudo dnf update imagemagick' to get the latest patched version
  3. Alternatively, verify current version with 'rpm -q imagemagick' and ensure it is version 7.1.1-19 or later
  4. After update, restart any running applications using ImageMagick to ensure the patched library is loaded

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Fedora Scoped from the published advisory
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