Infinite loop in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-20467
Published: December 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16711
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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20467
CWE-ID: CWE-835
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 infinite loop in coders/bmp.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-20467
Update to version 7.0.8-16.