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CVE-2019-9956

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9956 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick version 7.0.8-35 Q16, specifically within the PopHexPixel function in coders/ps.c. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution by providing a specially crafted image file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.8-35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.8-35:q16:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0592 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9956Moderate

imagemagick: stack-based buffer overflow in function PopHexPixel in coders/ps.c

Mar 22, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00010.html
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1523
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Apr/37
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4034-1
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4436
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107546
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/107672
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry