Buffer over-read in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-16413
Published: October 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15166
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16413
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16413
Install update from vendor's website.