Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-3574 |
CWE-ID | CWE-401 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
ImageMagick Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software |
Vendor |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU68074
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3574
CWE-ID:
CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak when executing a crafted file with the convert command. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsImageMagick: before 7.0.11-8
External linkshttp://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/cd7f9fb7751b0d59d5a74b12d971155caad5a792
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c6ad94fbb7b280f39c2fbbdc1c140e51b1b466e9
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/3540
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNVDNM4ZEIYPT3SLZHPYN7OG4CZLEXZJ/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5C6XAGUFPUF4SNVCI2T4OJK3EFIENBGP/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4Q6MJAMGHGB552KSFTQKXEKJVQNM4MCT/
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.