Input validation error in ImageMagick ImageMagick

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU30628

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-2019-18853

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

ImageMagick before 7.0.9-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service because XML_PARSE_HUGE is not properly restricted in coders/svg.c, related to SVG and libxml2.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 7.0.0-0 - 7.0.8-68

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick_org:imagemagick:7.0.1-8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-136
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ec9c8944af2bfc65c697ca44f93a727a99b405f1

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.