Buffer over-read in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-16413
Published: October 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15166
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16413
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a heap-based buffer over-read in the MagickCore/quantum-private.h in PushShortPixel() function when called from the coders/psd.c ParseImageResourceBlocks() function. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack with a specially crafted image file.
Affected software
ImageMagick
imagemagick (Debian package)
imagemagick6 (Alpine package)
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++5 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore5 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore5-extra (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand5 (Ubuntu package)
perlmagick (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
Opensuse
imagemagick (Debian package)
imagemagick6 (Alpine package)
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++5 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore5 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore5-extra (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand5 (Ubuntu package)
perlmagick (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16413
Install update from vendor's website.
ImageMagick - update to 7.0.8-12
imagemagick6 (Alpine package) - update to 6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagick++-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagick++5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore5-extra (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickwand-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickwand5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
perlmagick (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
imagemagick6 (Alpine package) - update to 6.9.10.37-r0
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagick++-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagick++5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore5-extra (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickwand-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickwand5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
perlmagick (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)