Vulnerability in MagickCore/statistic.c (CVE-2020-27774)
Summary
Vulnerability in MagickCore/statistic.c (CVE-2020-27774). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via ssize_t.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in ImageMagick in MagickCore/statistic.c. An attacker who submits a crafted file that is processed by ImageMagick could trigger undefined behavior in the form of a too large shift for 64-bit type ssize_t. This would most likely lead to an impact to application availability, but could potentially cause other problems related to undefined behavior. This flaw affects ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.9-0.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-27774 has been found in MagickCore/statistic.c.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like ssize_t over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "MagickCore/statistic.c CVE-2020-27774" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-27774 (MagickCore/statistic.c)
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Attack surface: ssize_t
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in MagickCore/statistic.c. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via ssize_t without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of MagickCore/statistic.c. Attack surface: ssize_t.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'MagickCore/statistic.c' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'MagickCore/statistic.c' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
MagickCore/statistic.cを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory lists.debian.org
- patch bugzilla.redhat.com
- web lists.debian.org