# CVE-2021-3596: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in ImageMagick in versions prior to 7.0.10-31 in ReadSVGImage() in coders/svg.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-02-24 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a ImageMagick: ImageMagick 7.0.10-31

## Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in ImageMagick in versions prior to 7.0.10-31 in ReadSVGImage() in coders/svg.c. This issue is due to not checking the return value from libxml2's xmlCreatePushParserCtxt() and uses the value directly, which leads to a crash and segmentation fault.

## 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://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/2624
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970569
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00018.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html

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