Use-after-free in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-17541
Published: October 14, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30725
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-2019-17541
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
ImageMagick before 7.0.8-55 has a use-after-free in DestroyStringInfo in MagickCore/string.c because the error manager is mishandled in coders/jpeg.c.
Affected software
ImageMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
imagemagick (Alpine package)
php70-pecl-imagick
php71-pecl-imagick
php72-pecl-imagick
php54-pecl-imagick
php55-pecl-imagick
php56-pecl-imagick
ImageMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
imagemagick (Alpine package)
php70-pecl-imagick
php71-pecl-imagick
php72-pecl-imagick
php54-pecl-imagick
php55-pecl-imagick
php56-pecl-imagick
ImageMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17541
Install update from vendor's website.
ImageMagick - update to 7.0.8-55
imagemagick (Alpine package) - update to 7.0.8.68-r0
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
imagemagick (Alpine package) - update to 7.0.8.68-r0
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
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Use-after-free in ImageMagick ImageMagick
- Use-after-free in imagemagick (Alpine package)
- Amazon Linux AMI update for php72-pecl-imagick
- Amazon Linux AMI update for php71-pecl-imagick
- Amazon Linux AMI update for php70-pecl-imagick
- Amazon Linux AMI update for php55-pecl-imagick
- Amazon Linux AMI update for php56-pecl-imagick
- Amazon Linux AMI update for php54-pecl-imagick
- Amazon Linux AMI update for ImageMagick