SB2018082012 - Denial of service in ImageMagick
Published: August 20, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018082012
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14435)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak in DecodeImage in coders/pcd.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.