# CVE-2019-11037: Out of bounds memory write in PHP Imagick extension

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.4
- Published: 2019-05-03 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- PHP Group PHP Imagick extension: from 3.4.4, fixed in 3.4.4; from 3.3.0

## Description

In PHP imagick extension in versions between 3.3.0 and 3.4.4, writing to an array of values in ImagickKernel::fromMatrix() function did not check that the address will be within the allocated array. This could lead to out of bounds write to memory if the function is called with the data controlled by untrusted party.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.4) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PHP](https://cve.now/tech/php.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77791
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108292
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelist/pull/1964
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MQ7WJA25YF2R2LRALK4QEYWUHHJPSUD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BU66V7QJKD32RXLY5J7Z5NZH4V3VV524/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FME5ZG7DDYWUPPHTTAFJB5OFFCPXYHPS/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4576
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/39
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00016.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-38
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4586-1/

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