CVE-2021-3596
Publication date 24 February 2022
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in ImageMagick in versions prior to 7.0.10-31 in ReadSVGImage() in coders/svg.c. This issue is due to not checking the return value from libxml2's xmlCreatePushParserCtxt() and uses the value directly, which leads to a crash and segmentation fault.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Notes
alexmurray
According to debian this only affects imagemagick7 but looking at the code and the patch I suspect the older versions shipped in Ubuntu are also vulnerable.
eslerm
only affects creating PS/PDF file which policy.xml forbids (tested)
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.5 · Medium
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| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |