CVE-2023-1906

Name: CVE-2023-1906
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2023-04-12T22:15:11.967+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 0.59%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-1906 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5.5/10

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

EPSS Probability

0.59%

43.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Imagemagick	Imagemagick	< 6.9.12-84
Imagemagick	Imagemagick	7.1.1-4
Fedoraproject	Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux	8.0
Fedoraproject	Fedora	37

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1906Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185714Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d7a8bdd7bb33cf8e58bc01b4a4f2ea5466f8c6b3Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-35q2-86c7-9247Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/e30c693b37c3b41723f1469d1226a2c814ca443dPatch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6655G3GPS42WQM32DJHUCZALI2URQSCO/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1906Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185714Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d7a8bdd7bb33cf8e58bc01b4a4f2ea5466f8c6b3Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-35q2-86c7-9247Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/e30c693b37c3b41723f1469d1226a2c814ca443dPatch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6655G3GPS42WQM32DJHUCZALI2URQSCO/

Timeline

Published: Apr 12, 2023
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-1906?

How severe is CVE-2023-1906?

CVE-2023-1906 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.59% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1906?

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Source: NVD / NIST