CVE-2023-3745 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-3745: Imagemagick: heap-buffer-overflow in pushcharpixel() in quantum-private.h

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Weakness CWE-125
Published July 24, 2023
Last update November 20, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was found in ImageMagick's PushCharPixel() function in quantum-private.h. This issue may allow a local attacker to trick the user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds read error and allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 24, 2023 CVE published
November 20, 2025 Record updated