Input validation error in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-17967

 

Input validation error in ImageMagick - CVE-2018-17967

Published: October 3, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33731
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17967
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-17967

Install update from vendor's website.

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