CVE-2019-12921 [Medium] | Code Injection in Graphicsmagick

CVE-2019-12921 is rated Moderate Risk (56.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.10%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-05-29	5.73%	5.10%	-0.63%
2	2026-03-25	6.53%	5.73%	-0.80%
3	2026-03-04	—	6.53%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-05-29

5.73%

5.10%

-0.63%

2026-03-25

6.53%

5.73%

-0.80%

2026-03-04

—

6.53%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` 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:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.8	3.6	[email protected]
4.3	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N` 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:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	8.6	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.8

3.6

[email protected]

4.3

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

8.6

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12921

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	medium	CVE-2019-12921: 1 source package rows (graphicsmagick); 27 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 20.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-12921
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2019-12921 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-2019-12921
`suse`	medium	CVE-2019-12921 severity moderate: SUSE including 36 source package names (GraphicsMagick-1.3.29-bp151.5.12.1, GraphicsMagick-1.3.29-lp151.4.17.1, …), 276 product×package rows across 74 product lines (SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2, SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3, … (74 product lines)): Known Not Affected 260, Fixed 16.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12921/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2019-12921 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (graphicsmagick), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, ignored 3, released 3.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12921

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12921

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
graphicsmagick	graphicsmagick	< 1.3.32	cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick::::::::
debian	debian_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	9.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	10.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
opensuse	backports_sle	15.0	cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1::::::
opensuse	leap	15.1	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*

References for CVE-2019-12921

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00049.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00051.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/	Product Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/d0ge/data-processing/blob/master/CVE-2019-12921.md	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00026.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4675	Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2019-12921

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12921

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12921

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-12921

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12921

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12921

References for CVE-2019-12921