Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2019-11009

 

Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2019-11009

Published: April 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18367
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11009
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function ReadXWDImage() in coders/xwd.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or information disclosure via a crafted image file. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-11009

Install update from vendor's website.

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