Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2020-25665

Vulnerability identifier: #VU61504

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25665

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in coders/palm.c when processing PALM images. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PALM file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

ImageMagick
Ubuntu
libimage-magick-perl (Ubuntu package)
imagemagick-common (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package)
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
libimage-magick-q16-perl (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra (Ubuntu package)
imagemagick-6.q16 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-6-headers (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 (Ubuntu package)
perlmagick (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-6-arch-config (Ubuntu package)
libmagick++-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu package)
libmagickcore-6.q16-2 (Ubuntu package)
libmagickwand-6.q16-2 (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.0.8-68
libimage-magick-perl (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
imagemagick-common (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickcore-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libimage-magick-q16-perl (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
imagemagick-6.q16 (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickcore-6-headers (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
perlmagick (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickcore-6-arch-config (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagick++-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickwand-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickcore-6.q16-2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2
libmagickwand-6.q16-2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 8:6.8.9.97ubuntu5.16+esm2

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891606

• Ubuntu update for imagemagick