Use-after-free in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-15140

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Use-after-free in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-15140

Published: September 11, 2019 / Updated: September 12, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21055
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15140
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system

The vulnerability exists in "ReadImage" in the "MagickCore/constitute.c" file due to a use-after-free error when the affected software does improper memory operations. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.



Affected software

ImageMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
imagemagick (Debian package)
imagemagick (Alpine package)
perlmagick (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand5 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore5-extra (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore5 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++5 (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++-dev (Ubuntu package)
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
php70-pecl-imagick
php71-pecl-imagick
php72-pecl-imagick
php54-pecl-imagick
php55-pecl-imagick
php56-pecl-imagick
ImageMagick

How to mitigate CVE-2019-15140

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.0.8-44
imagemagick (Debian package) - addressed in versions 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u8, 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1
imagemagick (Alpine package) - update to 7.0.8.68-r0
perlmagick (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickwand5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickwand-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore5-extra (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagick++5 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libmagick++-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
php70-pecl-imagick - update to 3.4.4-1.7
php71-pecl-imagick - update to 3.4.4-2.8
php72-pecl-imagick - update to 3.4.4-2.10
php54-pecl-imagick - update to 3.4.4-2.11
php55-pecl-imagick - update to 3.4.4-2.15
php56-pecl-imagick - update to 3.4.4-2.16
ImageMagick - update to 6.9.10.68-3.22

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