SB2018060119 - Denial of service in ImageMagick



SB2018060119 - Denial of service in ImageMagick

Published: June 1, 2018 Updated: August 23, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2018060119
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11656)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the ReadDCMImage() function in coders/dcm.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack via a a crafted DCM image file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.