Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick

Published: 2022-05-09

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-1114 CVE-2022-28463
CWE-ID	CWE-416 CWE-119
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	ImageMagick Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software
Vendor	ImageMagick.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU62853

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1114

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information or perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in RelinquishDCMInfo() function of dcm.c file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted DICOM image file to the application and gain access to sensitive information or perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 6.9.0-0 - 7.1.0-27

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064538

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.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU62851

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28463

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing Image files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.