Memory leak in imagemagick6 (Alpine package)



Published: 2019-04-04
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-14436
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		imagemagick6 (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU33480

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14436

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

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 ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

imagemagick6 (Alpine package): 6.9.9.51-r0

CPE2.3 External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7265f5c68465fbf270b08e5b5afab0c89bebdcff
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9aa6f1864ecdab720ef92348b15660fd036b12b0
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=49f02237bafd3d3005a5791741d775c1380eddf4
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d4d73543a48ca18ae905200443cacdf97da41f6e


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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