Buffer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-16645
Published: October 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15353
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-2018-16645
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 attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in ReadBMPImage() function in coders/bmp.c and in ReadDIBImage() function in coders/dib.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image, pass it to the affected application and trigger application crash due to memory allocation error.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16645
Install updates from vendor's website.