# CVE-2023-39978: ImageMagick before 6.9.12-91 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) in Magick::Draw.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-08 · Updated: 2024-11-27

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ImageMagick before 6.9.12-91 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) in Magick::Draw.

## What to do

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

- https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406/files
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/c90e79b3b22fec309cab55af2ee606f71b027b12
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/compare/6.9.12-90...6.9.12-91
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7HCXXL6MM3/

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