Buffer overflow in imagemagick (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-19667
CWE-ID CWE-119
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) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU48719

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-19667

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in ReadXPMImage in coders/xpm.c. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

imagemagick (Alpine package): 7.0.10.42-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=39f857a1f2d69051f62ba0a7fc9d0cdf5a9a75ee


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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