# CVE-2020-27776: A flaw was found in ImageMagick in MagickCore/statistic.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-04 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a ImageMagick: ImageMagick 7.0.9-0

## Description

A flaw was found in ImageMagick in MagickCore/statistic.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of values outside the range of type unsigned long. This would most likely lead to an impact to application availability, but could potentially cause other problems related to undefined behavior. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.9-0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a ImageMagick, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898304
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html

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