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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-34475 · published 16 June 2023

CVE-2023-34475: Imagemagick use after free vulnerability

Imagemagick · Imagemagick

A heap use after free issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ReplaceXmpValue() function in MagickCore/profile.c. An attacker could trick user to open a specially crafted file to convert, triggering an heap-use-after-free write error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

5.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.35% · top 73.1% CWE-416 · Use after free
5.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.35%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A heap use after free issue was discovered in ImageMagick's ReplaceXmpValue() function in MagickCore/profile.c. An attacker could trick user to open a specially crafted file to convert, triggering an heap-use-after-free write error, allowing an application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34475 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2214149 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1061db7f80fdc9ef572ac60b55f408f7bab6e1b0 Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/45DUUXYMAEEAW55GSLAXN25
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34475 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2214149 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1061db7f80fdc9ef572ac60b55f408f7bab6e1b0 Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/45DUUXYMAEEAW55GSLAXN25
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UFQJCYJ23HWHNDOVKBHZQ7

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-34475), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-10). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.