Memory leak in ImageMagick

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU79869

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39978

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in Magick::Draw. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: before 6.9.12-91

External links

http://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406/files
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/c90e79b3b22fec309cab55af2ee606f71b027b12
http://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/compare/6.9.12-90...6.9.12-91

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.