#VU24029 Heap-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-19948
Published: January 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24029
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19948
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Software vendor:
ImageMagick.org
ImageMagick.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due insufficient validation of row and column sizes in the "WriteSGIImage" function of coders/sgi.c. A remote attacker can trigger heap-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.