Resource management error in GraphicsMagick

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU32973

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7448

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The Utah RLE reader in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or large memory allocations) via vectors involving the header information and the file size.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GraphicsMagick: 1.3.8 - 1.3.24

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00097.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93074
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1374233
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.