TI-2020-16838 Aliases CVE-2020-27753 GHSA-m43q-5c9p-x5fh

Memory leak in ImageMagick

LOW 26CWE-401Published 2020-12-08 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-401.

Summary

There are several memory leaks in the MIFF coder in /coders/miff.c due to improper image depth values, which can be triggered by a specially crafted input file. These leaks could potentially lead to an impact to application availability or cause a denial of service. It was originally reported that the issues were in `AcquireMagickMemory()` because that is where LeakSanitizer detected the leaks, but the patch resolves issues in the MIFF coder, which incorrectly handles data being passed to `AcquireMagickMemory()`. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.9-0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00862 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial ImageMagick: 7.0.9-0Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	ImageMagick	before 7.0.9-0	7.0.9-0	Patch available	CNA

ImageMagick Vendor— Affected before 7.0.9-0 Fixed in 7.0.9-0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick::::::::	before 6.9.10-69; 7.0.0-0 to before 7.0.9-0	Vulnerable	ImageMagick

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.9.10-69; 7.0.0-0 to before 7.0.9-0 Vulnerable ·ImageMagick

Remediation

Fix · CNA ImageMagick Fixed in 7.0.9-0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27753
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m43q-5c9p-x5fh

References

Exploit 1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894229

TI-2016-03144 The (1) EPHEMERAL, (2) HTTPS, (3) MVG, (4) MSL, (5) TEXT, (6) SHOW, (7) WIN, and (8) PLT… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2023-16996 Improper input validation in ImageMagick CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-03148 The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2016-03145 The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2025-35690 ImageMagick BlobStream Forward-Seek Under-Allocation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-33094 ImageMagick has Stack Buffer Overflow in image.c CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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