CVE-2019-11473

coders/xwd.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.31 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) by crafting an XWD image file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-11008 and CVE-2019-11009.

Published: 2019-04-23 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-11473 is rated Moderate Risk (52.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.98%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11473

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-29 1.32% 0.98% -0.34%
2 2025-11-21 1.01% 1.32% +0.31%
3 2025-11-18 — 1.01% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11473

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11473

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11473

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-11473: 1 source package rows (graphicsmagick); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-11473
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-11473 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (graphicsmagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11473
ubuntu low CVE-2019-11473 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (graphicsmagick), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 13, ignored 2, needed 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11473

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11473

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
graphicsmagick graphicsmagick 1.3.31 cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11473

URL Tags
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/5402c5cbd8bd Patch Vendor Advisory
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/944dcbc457f8 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00055.html
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/Changelog.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108055 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00027.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4207-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4640
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