SB2019081345 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick



SB2019081345 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick

Published: August 13, 2019 Updated: September 12, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019081345
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14980)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the UnmapBlob() function when images. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image file, pass it to the affected application and perform denial of service attack.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15139)

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

The vulnerability exists in "ReadXWDImage" in the "coders/xwd.c" file due to a boundary condition when reading on XWD files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted XWD image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.