Memory leak in imagemagick (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-16710
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 imagemagick (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: #VU31997

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-2019-16710

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 coders/dot.c, as demonstrated by AcquireMagickMemory in MagickCore/memory.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

imagemagick (Alpine package): 7.0.8.64-r1

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=209132f82cd396cf5db8b9922af19ac2993d5fd7


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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