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CVE-2019-16708

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16708 describes a memory leak vulnerability in ImageMagick version 7.0.8-35, specifically within the magick/xwindow.c component related to XCreateImage. This issue affects various distributions including Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction and network access for exploitation, potentially leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.8-35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.8-35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
19.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: autotrace-0:0.31.1-38.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: emacs-1:24.3-23.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: inkscape-0:0.92.2-3.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-16708Low

ImageMagick: memory leak in magick/xwindow.c

Sep 23, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1531
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4192-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4712
Third Party Advisory