CVE-2019-15141

Name: CVE-2019-15141
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2019-08-18T19:15:09.76+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 2.18%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-15141 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. WriteTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash resulting from a heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted TIFF image file, related to TIFFRewriteDirectory, TIFFWriteDirectory, TIFFWriteDirectorySec, and TIFFWriteDirectoryTagColormap in tif_dirwrite.c of LibTIFF. NOTE: this occurs because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-11597.. EPSS estimates a 2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

WriteTIFFImage in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash resulting from a heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted TIFF image file, related to TIFFRewriteDirectory, TIFFWriteDirectory, TIFFWriteDirectorySec, and TIFFWriteDirectoryTagColormap in tif_dirwrite.c of LibTIFF. NOTE: this occurs because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-11597.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

6.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability

2.18%

80.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Update
Imagemagick	Imagemagick	7.0.8-43	Q16
Opensuse	Leap	15.0	—
Opensuse	Leap	15.1	—

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1560Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/3c53413eb544cc567309b4c86485eae43e956112Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1560Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/3c53413eb544cc567309b4c86485eae43e956112Patch

Timeline

Published: Aug 18, 2019
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-15141?

How severe is CVE-2019-15141?

CVE-2019-15141 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 2.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15141?

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Source: NVD / NIST