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CVE-2021-20245

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is...

5.5 MediumFix available

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.21%Up 0.5 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
CVE-2021-20245
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.1 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-369
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
CVE-2021-20245
Weakness
CWE-369
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-7684 No score

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
EUVD-2021-7684
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pwcp-7wg2-65jc 5.5

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is...

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
GHSA-pwcp-7wg2-65jc
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-369
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2021-20245 5.5

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2021-20245
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 5.5

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
CVE-2021-20245
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-20245 5.5

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20245
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVJLSEC-2026-882 5.5

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
JLSEC-2026-882
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.1 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-20245 5.5

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in coders/webp.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of math division by zero. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20245
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5736-1 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing PDF files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20224)

Zhang Xiaohui discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing image data. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20241)

Zhang Xiaohui discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing image data. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20243)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20244)

It was discovered that ImageMagick could be made to divide by zero when processing crafted files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20245)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when performing resampling operations. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20246)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20309)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing thumbnail image data. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20312)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory cleanup when performing certain cryptographic operations. Under certain conditions sensitive cryptographic information could be disclosed. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20313)

It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file using the convert command, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-3574)

It was discovered that ImageMagick did not use the correct rights when specifically excluded by a module policy. An attacker could use this issue to read and write certain restricted files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-39212)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing specially crafted SVG files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-4219)

It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted DICOM file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of servicei,…

Record
USN-5736-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5736-2 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

USN-5736-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ImageMagick. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 ESM and Ubuntu 22.04 ESM. One of the issues, CVE-2021-20224, only affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM, while CVE-2021-20245, CVE-2021-3574, CVE-2021-4219 and CVE-2022-1114 only affected Ubuntu 22.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing PDF files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted PDF file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20224)

Zhang Xiaohui discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing image data. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20241)

Zhang Xiaohui discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing image data. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20243)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20244)

It was discovered that ImageMagick could be made to divide by zero when processing crafted files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20245)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when performing resampling operations. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20246)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20309)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing thumbnail image data. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20312)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory cleanup when performing certain cryptographic operations. Under certain conditions sensitive cryptographic information could be disclosed. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-20313)

It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file using the convert command, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-3574)

It was discovered that ImageMagick did not use the correct rights when specifically excluded by a module policy. An attacker could use this issue to read and write certain restricted files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-39212)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing specially crafted SVG files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted SVG…

Record
USN-5736-2
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.13
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.13-r0
7.0.11.13-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.14
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.15
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.16
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.17
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.18
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.19
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.20
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.21
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.22
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.23
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Alpine:v3.24
7.0.0 up to 7.0.11.1-r0
7.0.11.1-r0
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5
imagemagick
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u13, plus listed versions
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-118:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u18:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u108:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u118:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u12
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8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u28:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u38:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u48:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u58:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u68:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u78:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u88:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u9
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u13
imagemagick
Debian:10
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u5, plus listed versions
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.18:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u18:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u28:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u38:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u4
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u5
ImageMagick_jll
Julia
before 6.9.12+0
6.9.12+0
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1ubuntu18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.38:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3build18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3build28:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm3, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3
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8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.58:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.68:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.78:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.88:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.98:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.118:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.128:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.138:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm3
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm5, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.18:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.68:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.88:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.98:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.118:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.128:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.138:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.148:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.158:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.168:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm18:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm4
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm5
imagemagick
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.14, plus listed versions
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu28:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu38:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu48:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu58:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6
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8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.28:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.38:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.48:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.78:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.88:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.98:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.118:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.128:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.14
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4+esm1, plus listed versions
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu38:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu88:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu98:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu108:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu118:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.18:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.28:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4+esm1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1ubuntu18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.38:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3build18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3build28:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1

History

History
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affected, aliases, referencesOSV
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-20245 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Imagemagick, published March 9, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.21%, the 68th percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 7.0.11.13-r0.

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