SB2022101002 - Memory leak in ImageMagick
Published: October 10, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022101002
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 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3574)
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/cd7f9fb7751b0d59d5a74b12d971155caad5a792
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c6ad94fbb7b280f39c2fbbdc1c140e51b1b466e9
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/3540
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNVDNM4ZEIYPT3SLZHPYN7OG4CZLEXZJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5C6XAGUFPUF4SNVCI2T4OJK3EFIENBGP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4Q6MJAMGHGB552KSFTQKXEKJVQNM4MCT/