Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-19949
Published: January 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24030
CSH Severity: 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-2019-19949
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 missing length check prior pointer dereference in the "WritePNGImage" function of coders/png.c, related to Magick_png_write_raw_profile and LocaleNCompare. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.