Input validation error in ImageMagick

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU36721

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16641

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

ImageMagick 7.0.8-6 has a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFWritePhotoshopLayers function in coders/tiff.c.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.8-6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.8-6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/256825d4eb33dc301496710d15cf5a7ae924088b
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1206

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.