SB2019121505 - Infinite loop in ImageMagick
Published: December 15, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121505
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8561)
CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
imagemagick 6.8.9.6 has remote DOS via infinite loop
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128944/ImageMagick-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/3
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8561
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8561