Incorrect calculation in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2019-11474

 

Incorrect calculation in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2019-11474

Published: April 28, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18362
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11474
CWE-ID: CWE-682
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GraphicsMagick Group
Affected software:
GraphicsMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect calculation within the ReadXWDImage() function in coders/xwd.c in XWD reader. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted XWD file, pass it to the application, trigger a floating-point exception and crash the affected application.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-11474

Install update from vendor's website.

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