# CVE-2023-1906: A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ImportMultiSpectralQuantum() function in MagickCore/quantum-import.c.

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-12 · Updated: 2025-02-10

## Affected

- n/a ImageMagick: version range not reported

## 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.

## 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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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185714
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-35q2-86c7-9247
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d7a8bdd7bb33cf8e58bc01b4a4f2ea5466f8c6b3
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/e30c693b37c3b41723f1469d1226a2c814ca443d
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1906
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6655G3GPS42WQM32DJHUCZALI2URQSCO/

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