Memory corruption in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-7443
Published: March 7, 2018 / Updated: March 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10863
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7443
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the ReadTIFFImage function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the ReadTIFFImage function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7443
Update to version 7.0.7-26.