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CVE-2020-29599

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 7, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:11 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxImageMagick

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%

Description

ImageMagick before 6.9.11-40 and 7.x before 7.0.10-40 mishandles the -authenticate option, which allows setting a password for password-protected PDF files. The user-controlled password was not properly escaped/sanitized and it was therefore possible to inject additional shell commands via coders/pdf.c.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
9.0
ImageMagick· Imagemagick
95%
6.9.8-1 ≤ v < 6.9.11-407.0.5-3 ≤ v < 7.0.10-40
Affected range stops below 6.9.11-40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.10-40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/2851
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://insert-script.blogspot.com/2020/11/imagemagick-shell-injection-via-pdf.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00010.html
Mailing List
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html
Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-36

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-91

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