#VU14739 Reachable Assertion in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-16749
Published: September 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14739
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16749
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org
ImageMagick.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing NULL check in ReadOneJNGImage() function in coders/png.c. A remote attacker can trigger an assertion failure with a specially crafted image file and crash the vulnerable application.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.