CVE-2023-34152
Publication date 30 May 2023
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. This security flaw cause a remote code execution vulnerability in OpenBlob with --enable-pipes configured.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored not enabled by default | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of standard support, was ignored [not enabled by default] | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
Notes
rodrigo-zaiden
the build option --enable-pipes first appeared in version 6.9.4-6, hence, before bionic the option didn't even exist. upstream claims that the usage of --enable-pipes is a security risk by design. it is not enabled by default in Ubuntu.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
9.8 · Critical
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |