# CVE-2023-5341: Imagemagick: heap use-after-free in coders/bmp.c Status: published. Published: 2023-11-19. Updated: 2026-11-05. A heap use-after-free flaw was found in coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick. ## Remediation - fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: secalert@redhat.com) — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241774 - fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: secalert@redhat.com) — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aa673b2e4defc7cad5bec16c4fc8324f71e531f1 - fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108) — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241774 - fix: The reporting source identifies this reference as a patch. Check the advisory for affected versions and supported release branches. (source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108) — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aa673b2e4defc7cad5bec16c4fc8324f71e531f1 ## Affected products and versions - Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ImageMagick): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat - Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ImageMagick): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat ## NVD configuration conditions Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions: ```json [ { "negate": false, "nodes": [ { "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.2", "vulnerable": true } ], "negate": false, "operator": "OR" }, { "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": false }, { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": false } ], "negate": false, "operator": "OR" } ], "operator": "AND" }, { "negate": false, "nodes": [ { "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true }, { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true } ], "negate": false, "operator": "OR" } ], "operator": "OR" } ] ``` ## Severity and prioritization - CVSS 3.1: 6.2 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: CNA: redhat - CVSS 3.1: 5.5 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: NVD: nvd@nist.gov - CVSS 3.1: 6.2 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: NVD: secalert@redhat.com - CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources - EPSS: 0.48% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 41.40% - SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP - Weaknesses: CWE-416 ## Exploit evidence No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation. ## References - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5341 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT) - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241774 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT) - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aa673b2e4defc7cad5bec16c4fc8324f71e531f1 (CNA: redhat) - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5341 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred) - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241774 (ADP: CVE; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred) - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aa673b2e4defc7cad5bec16c4fc8324f71e531f1 (ADP: CVE; x_transferred) - https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00007.html (ADP: CVE; x_transferred) - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LICYTADFJAFPZW3Y2MKNCJIUYODPAG4L/ (ADP: CVE; x_transferred) - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAULDP3GG5KI3XITQ5XSMRSILCBZS2VK/ (ADP: CVE; x_transferred) - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5341 (secalert@redhat.com; Vendor Advisory) - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241774 (secalert@redhat.com; Issue Tracking, Patch) - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aa673b2e4defc7cad5bec16c4fc8324f71e531f1 (secalert@redhat.com; Patch) - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5341 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Vendor Advisory) - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241774 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Issue Tracking, Patch) - https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aa673b2e4defc7cad5bec16c4fc8324f71e531f1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Patch) - https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108) - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LICYTADFJAFPZW3Y2MKNCJIUYODPAG4L/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108) - https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAULDP3GG5KI3XITQ5XSMRSILCBZS2VK/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108) ## Provenance - CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5341; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5341; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05 - FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5341; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported Revision: 51736f8e4e439d3ad860ce615c60de70e89feba2fcf576e2860acf3391b92441 Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2023-5341 ## Agent and API access Public CVE pages, Markdown, and JSON are free to read without an account or API key. - Public catalog: https://y2.dev/cve/index.json. 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