CVE-2019-12921 — In GraphicsMagick before 1

In GraphicsMagick before 1.3.32, the text filename component allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted image because of TranslateTextEx for SVG.

01What is this vulnerability?

In GraphicsMagick before 1.3.32, the text filename component allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted image because of TranslateTextEx for SVG.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-03-18T17:39:30.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:32:55.569Z

09References

• www.graphicsmagick.org — http://www.graphicsmagick.org/
• github.com — https://github.com/d0ge/data-processing/blob/master/CVE-2019-12921.md
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00026.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00049.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00051.html
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4675