Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2020-27753

Vulnerability identifier: #VU61506

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27753

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in /coders/miff.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted MIFF file to the application and perform denial of service attack.

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 7.0.9-0
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=1894229

• Ubuntu update for imagemagick