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CVE-2023-1906

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum()...

5.5 MediumFix available

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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

0.59%Up 0.5 points since Apr 15, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
CVE-2023-1906
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-122, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
CVE-2023-1906
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-122, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-24095 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
EUVD-2023-24095
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
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vpgp-gjqv-364p 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum()...

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
GHSA-vpgp-gjqv-364p
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-122, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
CVE-2023-1906
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-122
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-1906 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1906
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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OSVJLSEC-2026-902 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
JLSEC-2026-902
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
OSVOESA-2023-1259 5.5

ImageMagick security update

Use ImageMagick to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, GIF, HEIC, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability was discovered in ImageMagick where a specially created SVG file loads itself and causes a segmentation fault. This flaw allows a remote attacker to pass a specially crafted SVG file that leads to a segmentation fault, generating many trash files in "/tmp," resulting in a denial of service. When ImageMagick crashes, it generates a lot of trash files. These trash files can be large if the SVG file contains many render actions. In a denial of service attack, if a remote attacker uploads an SVG file of size t, ImageMagick generates files of size 103*t. If an attacker uploads a 100M SVG, the server will generate about 10G.(CVE-2023-1289)

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.(CVE-2023-1906)

Record
OESA-2023-1259
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
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-1906 5.5

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1906
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
OSVMGASA-2023-0161 No score

Updated imagemagick packages fix security vulnerability

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c. An attacker could pass specially crafted file to convert, triggering an out-of-bounds read error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1906)

Record
MGASA-2023-0161
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12858-1 No score

ImageMagick-7.1.1.6-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ImageMagick-7.1.1.6-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12858-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:1927-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-1906: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in ImportMultiSpectralQuantum. (bsc#1210308)
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:1927-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6200-1 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled the "-authenticate" option for password-protected PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject additional shell commands and perform arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-29599)

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 20.04 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 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20241, 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 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20244, CVE-2021-20309)

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 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20246)

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 20.04 LTS. (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 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20313)

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 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-39212)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-28463, CVE-2022-32545, CVE-2022-32546, CVE-2022-32547)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2021-3610, CVE-2023-1906, CVE-2023-3428)

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 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-1289)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted tiff file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3195)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into…

Record
USN-6200-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1, plus listed versions
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2
8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2
8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2
imagemagick
Debian:11
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3, plus listed versions
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.38:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u2
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u3
imagemagick
Debian:12
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1, plus listed versions
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1
ImageMagick_jll
Julia
before 6.9.12+4
6.9.12+4
imagemagick
Mageia:8
before 7.1.0.62-1.1.mga8
7.1.0.62-1.1.mga8
imagemagick
Mageia:8
before 7.1.0.62-1.1.mga8.tainted
7.1.0.62-1.1.mga8.tainted
ImageMagick
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 6.9.12.86-1.oe1
6.9.12.86-1.oe1
ImageMagick
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 6.9.12.86-1.oe1
6.9.12.86-1.oe1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ImageMagick
openEuler:22.03-LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.1.1.8-1.oe2203sp1
7.1.1.8-1.oe2203sp1
ImageMagick
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 7.1.1.8-1.oe2203sp1
7.1.1.8-1.oe2203sp1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4
before 7.1.0.9-150400.6.18.1
7.1.0.9-150400.6.18.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4
before 7.1.0.9-150400.6.18.1
7.1.0.9-150400.6.18.1
ImageMagick
openSUSE:Leap 15.4
before 7.1.0.9-150400.6.18.1
7.1.0.9-150400.6.18.1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm2, 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
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8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.28:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.2+esm18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.38:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm1
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm2
imagemagick
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6ubuntu1
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6ubuntu1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm8, 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+esm48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm68:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm7
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm8
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm1, 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-16ubuntu6.138:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.148:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15
8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9, 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-2.1ubuntu11
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8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.18:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.28:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.48:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.58:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.68:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.7
8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9
imagemagick
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm2, 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
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8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.28:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.2+esm18:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.38:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm1
8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm2
ImageMagick
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 7.1.1.6-1.1
7.1.1.6-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-1906 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Imagemagick, published April 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, the 48th percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u1.

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