Input validation error - CVE-2018-5246
Published: January 5, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33732
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5246
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, there are memory leaks in ReadPATTERNImage in coders/pattern.c.
Affected software
imagemagick6 (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5246
Install update from vendor's website.
imagemagick6 (Alpine package) - update to 6.9.10.37-r0