Denial of service in ImageMagick



Published: 2019-07-09 | Updated: 2019-09-13
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-13454
CWE-ID CWE-369
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
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Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor ImageMagick.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU19185

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13454

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a system.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide-by-zero condition in the "RemoveDuplicateLayers" function, as defined in the "MagickCore/layer.c" file. A remote attacker can make calls on the targeted system and cause a DoS condition.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.8-54

External links

http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1ddcf2e4f28029a888cadef2e757509ef5047ad8
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1629
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/4f31d78716ac94c85c244efcea368fea202e2ed4


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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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