Denial of service in ImageMagick



Published: 2018-07-05
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-13153
CWE-ID CWE-400
CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		ImageMagick
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor ImageMagick.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU13584

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13153

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the XMagickCommand function in MagickCore/animate.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted image file, consume excessive memory and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.8-4

External links

http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1195


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.



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