Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 4, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-27771
CVE-2020-27771
Description
In RestoreMSCWarning() of /coders/pdf.c there are several areas where calls to GetPixelIndex() could result in values outside the range of representable for the unsigned char type. The patch casts the return value of GetPixelIndex() to ssize_t type to avoid this bug. This undefined behavior could be triggered when ImageMagick processes a crafted pdf file. Red Hat Product Security marked this as Low severity because although it could potentially lead to an impact to application availability, no specific impact was demonstrated in this case. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.9-0.
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Affected products
42- ImageMagick/ImageMagickdescription
- Range: <7.0.9-0
- osv-coords40 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 7.0.7.34-lp151.7.26.1+ 39 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-lp151.7.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-lp152.12.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-10.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-10.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-78.135.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.3.6-78.135.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7.34-3.90.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-71.154.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00030.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.htmlnvd
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