SB2019040804 - Denial of service in ImageMagick



SB2019040804 - Denial of service in ImageMagick

Published: April 8, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019040804
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10714)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing images within the LocaleLowercase() function in MagickCore/locale.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image, pass it to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.