Integer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2020-27762
Published: March 23, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61573
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27762
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within coders/hdr.c file in ImageMagick. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and crash the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-27762
Install updates from vendor's website.